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Discovery of stable and variable differences in the Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis type I, II, and III genomes by pan-genome microarray analysis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2009
Castellanos Elena, Aranaz Alicia, Gould Katherine A, Linedale Richard, Stevenson Karen, Alvarez Julio, Dominguez Lucas, de Juan Lucia, Hinds Jason, Bull Tim J
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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is an important animal pathogen widely disseminated in the environment that has also been associated with Crohn's disease in humans. Three M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis genomotypes are recognized, but genomic differences have not been fully described. To further investigate these potential differences, a 60-mer oligonucleotide microarray (designated the MAPAC array),...
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