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Published on: June 5, 2014
Overview of errors in the reference sequence and annotation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, and variation
Claudio U Köser1, Stefan Niemann, David K Summers
1Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. cuk21@cam.ac.uk
Abstract:
Since its publication in 1998, the genome sequence of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv laboratory strain has acted as the cornerstone for the study of tuberculosis. In this review we address some of the practical aspects that have come to light relating to the use of H37Rv throughout the past decade which are of relevance for the ongoing genomic and laboratory studies of this pathogen. These include errors in the genome reference sequence and its annotation, as well as the recently detected variation amongst isolates of H37Rv from different laboratories.
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