IS901, a new member of a widespread class of atypical insertion sequences, is associated with pathogenicity in Mycobacterium avium.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on September 01, 1991

Authors

Z M Kunze1, S Wall, R Appelberg, M T Silva, F Portaels, J J McFadden

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1: Molecular Microbiology Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

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