Published in Trends Microbiol on January 01, 2002
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The W-Beijing lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis overproduces triglycerides and has the DosR dormancy regulon constitutively upregulated. J Bacteriol (2007) 2.42
Use of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat typing to examine genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Singapore. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 2.05
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PCR-based methodology for detecting multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing family circulating in Russia. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2003) 1.45
Utility of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit typing for differentiating multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates of the Beijing family. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.44
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Evidence that the spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with the Beijing genotype is human population dependent. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.42
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Evaluation of new variable-number tandem-repeat systems for typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Beijing genotype isolates from Beijing, China. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.40
Differences in rate and variability of intracellular growth of a panel of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates within a human monocyte model. Infect Immun (2002) 1.39
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The emergence of Beijing family genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and low-level protection by bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccines: is there a link? Clin Exp Immunol (2006) 1.33
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Drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Beijing genotype does not spread in Sweden. PLoS One (2010) 1.26
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Differential pattern of cytokine expression by macrophages infected in vitro with different Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes. Clin Exp Immunol (2005) 1.23
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Genetic diversity and transmission characteristics of Beijing family strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peru. PLoS One (2012) 1.20
Assessment of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-QUB markers to further discriminate the Beijing genotype in a population-based study of the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.20
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Detecting emerging strains of tuberculosis by using spoligotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.15
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Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype strains by real-time PCR. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.13
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Widespread pyrazinamide-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis family in a low-incidence setting. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.06
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Insights into mechanisms used by Staphylococcus aureus to avoid destruction by human neutrophils. J Immunol (2005) 5.18
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