Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE25/PPE41 protein complex induces necrosis in macrophages: Role in virulence and disease reactivation?

Necrotic cell death during TB infection is an important prerequisite for bacterial dissemination and virulence. The underlying mechanisms and the bacterial factors involved therein are not well understood. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) co-operonic PE25/PPE41 protein complex, simil...

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Main Authors: Smanla Tundup, Krishnaveni Mohareer, Seyed E. Hasnain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:FEBS Open Bio
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211546314000837