Characterization of the catalase-peroxidase gene (katG) and inhA locus in isoniazid-resistant and -susceptible strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by automated DNA sequencing: restricted array of mutations associated with drug resistance.

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Published in J Infect Dis on January 01, 1996

Authors

J M Musser1, V Kapur, D L Williams, B N Kreiswirth, D van Soolingen, J D van Embden

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1: Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

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