Geographically distinct isolates of Mycobacterium leprae exhibit no genotypic diversity by restriction fragment-length polymorphism analysis.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb00542.x

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Geographically distinct isolates of Mycobacterium leprae exhibit no genotypic diversity by restriction fragment-length polymorphism analysis.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Oct 1990

Williams D L, Gillis T P, Portaels F

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Differentiation of microorganisms for taxonomic purposes is based primarily on phenotypic characteristics, which are the direct or cumulative result of gene expression. Since expression of phenotypic characteristics usually relies on in vitro growth of a microorganism, non-cultivable organisms, s...

Topics

Animals
Armadillos
Autoradiography
DNA Probes
DNA, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Haplorhini
Humans
Mycobacterium leprae
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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