Unique TTC Repeat Base Pair Loss Mutation In Cases of Pure Neural Leprosy: A Survival Strategy of Mycobacterium Leprae?

BACKGROUND: Genomic reduction helps obligate intracellular microbes to survive difficult host niches. Adaptation of Mycobacterium leprae in cases of pure neural leprosy (PNL) in the intracellular niche of peripheral nerves can be associated with some gene loss. Recently, a stable but variable number...

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Autores principales: De, Abhishek, Reja, Abu Hena Hasanoor, Biswas, Supratik, Bhattacharya, Basudev, Chatterjee, Gobinda, Basu, Keya, Sarda, Aarti, Chowdhury, Nidhi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288401
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.160478

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