An evolutionary functional genomics approach identifies novel candidate regions involved in isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Victoria Furió et al. apply functional genomics and evolutionary analyses to the study of antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis. Focusing on isoniazid resistance and using genomic data from clinical strains, they identify novel candidate genes with resistance mutations and further uncover the mechan...

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Main Authors: Victoria Furió, Miguel Moreno-Molina, Álvaro Chiner-Oms, Luis M. Villamayor, Manuela Torres-Puente, Iñaki Comas
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/19f431d7b8e34a2ebb1131dafa6b61b8
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Summary:Victoria Furió et al. apply functional genomics and evolutionary analyses to the study of antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis. Focusing on isoniazid resistance and using genomic data from clinical strains, they identify novel candidate genes with resistance mutations and further uncover the mechanisms underlying drug resistance.