Comparative genomic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistant strains from Russia.

Tuberculosis caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains is a growing problem in many countries. The availability of the complete nucleotide sequences of several MTB genomes allows to use the comparative genomics as a tool to stud...

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Main Authors: Elena N Ilina, Egor A Shitikov, Larisa N Ikryannikova, Dmitry G Alekseev, Dmitri E Kamashev, Maja V Malakhova, Tatjana V Parfenova, Maxim V Afanas'ev, Dmitry S Ischenko, Nikolai A Bazaleev, Tatjana G Smirnova, Elena E Larionova, Larisa N Chernousova, Alexey V Beletsky, Andrei V Mardanov, Nikolai V Ravin, Konstantin G Skryabin, Vadim M Govorun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23437175/?tool=EBI