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"Massive decay" in leprosy genome - massive for research too?

Robert Walgate

Genome Biology 2001, 2:spotlight-20010223-01 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010223-01

Published: 23 February 2001

The genome of Mycobacterium leprae has only half the active genes of its close relative M. tuberculosis.