Recombination in pe/ppe genes contributes to genetic variation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages

• Main Authors: Phelan, J.E, Coll, F, Bergval, I, Anthony, R.M, Warren, R, Sampson, S.L, Gey van Pittius, N.C, Glynn, J.R, Crampin, A.C, Alves, A, Bessa, T.B, Campino, S, Dheda, K, Grandjean, L, Hasan, R, Hasan, Z, Miranda, A, Moore, D, Panaiotov, S, Perdigao, J, Portugal, I, Sheen, P, de Oliveira Sousa, E, Streicher, E.M, van Helden, P.D, Viveiros, M, Hibberd, M.L, Pain, A, McNerney, R, Clark, T.G
• Other Authors: SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: epitope; glutamic acid; major histocompatibility antigen; proline; bacterial DNA; Article; bacterial gene; bacterial genome; bacterium isolate; gene sequence; gene structure; genetic recombination; genetic selection; genetic variability; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; nonhuman; pe gene; phylogeny; ppe gene; protein binding; sequence alignment; single nucleotide polymorphism; DNA sequence; genetics; genomics; genotype; molecular evolution; multigene family; mutation; procedures; DNA, Bacterial; Evolution, Molecular; Genes, Bacterial; Genome, Bacterial; Genomics; Genotype; Multigene Family; Mutation; Phylogeny; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Recombination, Genetic; Selection, Genetic; Sequence Analysis, DNA
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181387
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s12864-016-2467-y