A glimpse into the past and predictions for the future: The molecular evolution of the tuberculosis agent

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 835-852

  Boritsch, Eva C ^a   Supply, Philip ^b,c   Honoré, Nadine ^a   Seeman, Torsten ^d   Stinear, Timothy P ^e   Brosch, Roland ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM U1019   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONAL EVOLUTION; COBF GENE; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS SENSO STRICTO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PE PGRS33 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84906935901     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12720     Document Type: Review

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