Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis has been used to assess relatedness among the genomes of four isolates of Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy. The M. leprae isolates were from human patients from India, a Mangabey monkey from West Africa, and an armadillo from Louisiana. A total of 16 probes were used; these were insert fragments of M. leprae DNA from plasmid recombinant libraries, 5 of which had genes with identifiable functions and 11 of which were randomly chosen recombinant molecules. In spite of the widely diverse origins of the isolates, restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis demonstrated that less than 0.3% of the nucleotides differ among the genomes.
BT - Journal of bacteriology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2570057?dopt=Abstract DA - 1989 Sep DO - 10.1128/jb.171.9.4844-4851.1989 IS - 9 J2 - J. Bacteriol. LA - eng N2 -Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis has been used to assess relatedness among the genomes of four isolates of Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy. The M. leprae isolates were from human patients from India, a Mangabey monkey from West Africa, and an armadillo from Louisiana. A total of 16 probes were used; these were insert fragments of M. leprae DNA from plasmid recombinant libraries, 5 of which had genes with identifiable functions and 11 of which were randomly chosen recombinant molecules. In spite of the widely diverse origins of the isolates, restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis demonstrated that less than 0.3% of the nucleotides differ among the genomes.
PY - 1989 SP - 4844 EP - 51 T2 - Journal of bacteriology TI - Conservation of genomic sequences among isolates of Mycobacterium leprae. VL - 171 SN - 0021-9193 ER -