Bacterial Artificial Chromosome-Based Comparative Genomic Analysis Identifies Mycobacterium microti as a Natural ESAT-6 Deletion Mutant

Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis in voles. Most strains of M. microti are harmless for humans, and some have been successfully used as live tuberculosis vaccines. In an attempt to identify putative virulence factors of the tubercle...

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Main Authors: Brodin, Priscille, Eiglmeier, Karin, Marmiesse, Magali, Billault, Alain, Garnier, Thierry, Niemann, Stefan, Cole, Stewart T., Brosch, Roland
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2002
Subjects:
Molecular Genomics
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC128332/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12228284
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.70.10.5568-5578.2002
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