Non mycobacterial virulence genes in the genome of the emerging pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus.

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Published in PLoS One on June 19, 2009

Authors

Fabienne Ripoll1, Sophie Pasek, Chantal Schenowitz, Carole Dossat, Valérie Barbe, Martin Rottman, Edouard Macheras, Beate Heym, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Mamadou Daffé, Roland Brosch, Jean-Loup Risler, Jean-Louis Gaillard

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1: EA3647, UFR de médecine Paris Ile-de-France Ouest, Université de Versailles St-Quentin, Garches, France.

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