Identification of virulence determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via genetic comparisons of a virulent and an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Candidate virulence genes were sought through the genetic analyses of two strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one virulent, H37Rv, one attenuated, H37Ra. Derived from the same parent, H37, genomic differences between strains were first examined via two-dimensional DNA technologies: two-dimension...

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Main Author: Li, Alice Hoy Lam
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/596