通过和转体子突变和深度测序来对Mycobacterium kansasii基因组进行全面的基本性分析

Keith Levendosky1,2, Niklas Janisch1,2, Luis E N Quadri1,2,3

  • 1Department of Biology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York , Brooklyn, New York, USA.

mBio
|June 23, 2023
PubMed
概括

这项研究揭示了Mycobacterium kansasii,一种机会性病原体的基本基因. 这些发现突出了与Mycobacterium tuberculosis的差异,这对开发抗M. kansasii感染的新药至关重要.

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