Publication Date:
2014-09-17
Description:
Research on tuberculosis and leprosy was revolutionized by the development of a plasmid transformation system in the fast-growing surrogate, Mycobacterium smegmatis. This transformation system was made possible by the successful isolation of a M. smegmatis mutant strain mc2155, whose efficient plasmid transformation (ept) phenotype supported the replication of Mycobacterium fortuitum...
Keywords:
Inaugural Articles
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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