Unexpected Genomic and Phenotypic Diversity of Mycobacterium africanum Lineage 5 Affects Drug Resistance, Protein Secretion, and Immunogenicity

Mycobacterium africanum consists of Lineages L5 and L6 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and causes human tuberculosis in specific regions of Western Africa, but is generally not transmitted in other parts of the world. Since M. africanum is evolutionarily closely placed between the g...

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Published in:Genome Biol Evol
Main Authors: Ates, Louis S, Dippenaar, Anzaan, Sayes, Fadel, Pawlik, Alexandre, Bouchier, Christiane, Ma, Laurence, Warren, Robin M, Sougakoff, Wladimir, Majlessi, Laleh, van Heijst, Jeroen W J, Brossier, Florence, Brosch, Roland
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6071665/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30010947
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy145
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