Evidence for a rapid rate of molecular evolution at the hypervariable and immunogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE38 gene region

BACKGROUND: PPE38 (Rv2352c) is a member of the large PPE gene family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and related mycobacteria. The function of PPE proteins is unknown but evidence suggests that many are cell-surface associated and recognised by the host immune system. Previous studies targeting other...

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Autores principales: McEvoy, Christopher RE, van Helden, Paul D, Warren, Robin M, van Pittius, Nicolaas C Gey
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2758852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19769792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-237

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2758852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19769792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-237

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