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Genome-level analyses of Mycobacterium bovis lineages reveal the role of SNPs and antisense transcription in differential gene expression.
BMC genomics - 17 Oct 2013
Golby Paul, Nunez Javier, Witney Adam, Hinds Jason, Quail Michael A, Bentley Stephen, Harris Simon, Smith Noel, Hewinson R Glyn, Gordon Stephen V
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BACKGROUND: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a disease with major implications for animal welfare and productivity, as well as having the potential for zoonotic transmission. In Great Britain (GB) alone, controlling bTB costs in the region of £ 100 million annually, with the current control scheme seemingly unable to stop the inexorable spread of infection. One aspect that may be driving the epidemic is evolution of...
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