References & Sources  -  August 1, 1998

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Researchers solve syphilis genome

Biochemists have mapped the entire genome of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis.

References:

Fraser, C.M., et al. 1998. Complete genome sequence of Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete. Science 281(July 17):375.

Further Readings:

Robinson, Jr., E.N., et al. 1983. Syphilis: Disease with a history. In Mechanisms of Microbial Disease, M. Schaechter, et al., eds. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.

Sell, S., and S.J. Norris. 1983. International Review of Experimental Pathology 24:204.

Sources:

Claire M. Fraser
Institute for Genomic Research
9712 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850

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