Evolution and expansion of the <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>PE and PPE multigene families and their association with the duplication of the ESAT-6 (<it>esx</it>) gene cluster regions
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The PE and PPE multigene families of <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>comprise about 10% of the coding potential of the genome. The function of the proteins encoded by these large gene families remains unknown, althoug...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/95 |