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Disruption of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis-specific genes impairs in vivo fitness

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is an obligate intracellular pathogen that infects many ruminant species. The acquisition of foreign genes via horizontal gene transfer has been postulated to contribute to its pathogenesis, as these genetic elements are absent from its p...

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Autores principales: Wang, Joyce, Pritchard, Justin R, Kreitmann, Louis, Montpetit, Alexandre, Behr, Marcel A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-415