Analysis of the genetic variation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by multiple genome alignments

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Summary

The comparison of multiple genomes demonstrates that the M. tuberculosis genome is currently undergoing an active process of gene decay, analogous to the adaptation process of obligate bacterial symbionts.

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Published
2008-11-07
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Genome, Biology, Genetics, Comparative genomics, Genomics

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