Analysis of the Allelic Diversity of the Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains of the Beijing Family: Practical Implications and Evolutionary Considerations

• Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
• Main Authors: Mokrousov, Igor, Narvskaya, Olga, Limeschenko, Elena, Vyazovaya, Anna, Otten, Tatiana, Vyshnevskiy, Boris
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
• Subjects: Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes; Gaston; Northwest Russia
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC427846; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15184416; https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.6.2438-2444.2004

A study set comprised 44 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing family selected for their representativeness among those previously characterized by IS6110-RFLP and spoligotyping (Northwest Russia, 1997 to 2003). In the present study, these strains were subjected to mycobacterial interspe...