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Molecular targets for rapid identification of Brucella spp.
BMC microbiology - 22 Feb 2006
Ratushna Vladyslava G, Sturgill David M, Ramamoorthy Sheela, Reichow Sherry A, He Yongqun, Lathigra Raju, Sriranganathan Nammalwar, Halling Shirley M, Boyle Stephen M, Gibas Cynthia J
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BACKGROUND: Brucella is an intracellular pathogen capable of infecting animals and humans. There are six recognized species of Brucella that differ in their host preference. The genomes of the three Brucella species have been recently sequenced. Comparison of the three revealed over 98% sequence similarity at the protein level and enabled computational identification of common and differentiating genes. We...
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