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The genome of Mycobacterium leprae: a minimal mycobacterial gene set

Comparison of the recently sequenced genome of the leprosy-causing pathogen Mycobacterium leprae with other mycobacterial genomes reveals a drastic gene reduction and decay in M. leprae affecting many metabolic areas, exemplified by the retention of a minimal set of genes required for cell-wall bios...

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Autores principales: Vissa, Varalakshmi D, Brennan, Patrick J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC138955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11532219