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Comparative genomics of the leprosy and tubercle bacilli
R Brosch1, S V Gordon, K Eiglmeier
1Unité de génétique moléculaire bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Research in Microbiology
|June 24, 2000
Abstract:
To achieve the quantum leap in understanding required to overcome two major human diseases, leprosy and tuberculosis, systematic and comparative genome analysis has been undertaken. New insight into the biology of their causative agents has been obtained and the principle findings are reported here.