Transcriptional analysis of ESAT-6 cluster 3 in <it>Mycobacterium smegmatis</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The ESAT-6 (early secreted antigenic target, 6 kDa) family collects small mycobacterial proteins secreted by <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</it>, particularly in the early phase of growth. There are 23 ESAT-6 family membe...

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Main Authors: Riccardi Giovanna, Piazza Aurora, Maciąg Anna, Milano Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/48