Comparison of the recently sequenced genome of the leprosy-causing pathogen Mycobacterium leprae with other mycobacterial genomes reveals a drastic gene reduction and decay in M. leprae affecting many metabolic areas, exemplified by the retention of a minimal set of genes required for cell-wall biosynthesis.
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Vissa, V. D., & Brennan, P. J. (2001). The genome of Mycobacterium leprae: A minimal mycobacterial gene set. Genome Biology. https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2001-2-8-reviews1023
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