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Intra-subspecies sequence variability of the MACPPE12 gene in Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Iwamoto Tomotada, Arikawa Kentaro, Nakajima Chie, Nakanishi Noriko, Nishiuchi Yukiko, Yoshida Shiomi, Tamaru Aki, Tamura Yutaka, Hoshino Yoshihiko, Yoo Heekyung, Park Young Kil, Saito Hajime, Suzuki Yasuhiko
Abstract excerpt
The PE (Pro-Glu) and PPE (Pro-Pro-Glu) multigene families are unique to mycobacteria, and are highly expanded in the pathogenic members of this genus. We determined the intra-subspecies genetic variability of the MACPPE12 gene, which is a specific PPE gene in Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH), using 334 MAH isolates obtained from different isolation sources (222 human isolates, 145 Japanese and 77...
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