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Mutations in the rpoB gene of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Thailand and its evolutionary implication.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Jan 2006
Ramasoota Pongrama, Pitaksajjakul Pannamthip, Phatihattakorn Wanchai, Pransujarit Vijittra, Boonyasopun Jirakan
Abstract excerpt
Novel mutations in the rpoB gene are reported for 70 rifampicin-resistant (RIFr) M. tuberculosis strains from Thailand. Sequence analysis of these strains revealed mutations in a 435 base-pair region of the rpoB gene. Twenty-eight strains (40%) had single mutations, and 26 of those strains had mutations at positions never before reported, of which, just one had a substitution at Val-432 (Asp), and the remaining...
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