The Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE proteins Rv0285 and Rv1386 modulate innate immunity and mediate bacillary survival in macrophages.
The unique PE/PPE multigene family of proteins occupies almost 10% of the coding sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), the causative agent of human tuberculosis. Although some members of this family have been shown to be involved in pathways essential to M.tb pathogenesis, their precise phy...
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| Format: | Article |
| Idioma: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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| Col·lecció: | PLoS ONE |
| Accés en línia: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3524191?pdf=render |