IS6110, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-specific insertion sequence, is also present in the genome of Mycobacterium smegmatis, suggestive of lateral gene transfer among mycobacterial species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3408-3410

  Coros, Abbie ^a   DeConno, Erin ^a   Derbyshire, Keith M ^a,b,c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c David Axelrod Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IS6110 GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 42549113571     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00009-08     Document Type: Article

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