Detoxification of glutathione and nitrosoglutathione by thioredoxin system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is the leading cause of mortality due to a single pathogenic infection. Its etiological agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects, resides and multiplies within human alveolar macrophages. It is exposed to reactive oxygen intermediates and reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNI) such as n...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11175 |