Molecular features and properties of mycobacterial proteins linked to tuberculosis pathogenesis

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome codes for 11 pairs of CFP-10/ESAT-6 proteins (Esx family) as well as the apparatus required for secretion of these proteins. The core machinery for the secretion of ESAT-6 and CFP-10 is encoded by their surrounding genes. Recent studies also identified a distant...

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Main Author: Ilghari, Dariush
Other Authors: Carr, Mark D.
Published: University of Leicester 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.539845