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Makeda Semret1, Gary Zhai, Serge Mostowy, Cynthia Cleto, David Alexander, Gerard Cangelosi, Debby Cousins, Desmond M Collins, Dick van Soolingen, Marcel A Behr.
Abstract
We have initiated comparative genomic analysis of Mycobacterium avium subspecies by DNA microarray, uncovering 14 large sequence polymorphisms (LSPs) comprising over 700 kb that distinguish M. avium subsp. avium from M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Genes predicted to encode metabolic pathways were overrepresented in the LSPs, and analysis revealed a polymorphism within the mycobactin biosynthesis operon that potentially explains the in vitro mycobactin dependence of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15342607 PMCID: PMC515132 DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.18.6332-6334.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490