A Mycobacterium tuberculosis IS6110 preferential locus (ipl) for insertion into the genome

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作者
Fang, ZG [1 ]
Forbes, KJ [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ABERDEEN,ABERDEEN AB25 2ZD,SCOTLAND
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10.1128/JCM.35.2.479-481.1997
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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A 267-nucleotide Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic sequence (ipl, the IS6110 preferential locus) which can harbor the insertion sequence IS6110 at six alternative locations has been identified in some three-quarters of the isolates tested. Only one IS6110 copy was observed at this locus in the ipl::IS6110(+)-containing isolates tested, and all insertions had the same orientation. The implications of this finding for IS6110 fingerprint typing methods is discussed in this work.
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