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Gene expression diversity among Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jan 2005
Gao Qian, Kripke Katharine E, Saldanha Alok J, Yan Weihong, Holmes Susan, Small Peter M
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Intraspecies genetic diversity has been demonstrated to be important in the pathogenesis and epidemiology of several pathogens, such as HIV, influenza, Helicobacter and Salmonella. It is also important to consider strain-to-strain variation when identifying drug targets and vaccine antigens and developing tools for molecular diagnostics. Here, the authors present a description of the variability in gene...
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