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Granuloma-specific expression of Mycobacterium virulence proteins from the glycine-rich PE-PGRS family.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 26 May 2000
Ramakrishnan L, Federspiel N A, Falkow S
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic mycobacteria, including the agent of tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, must replicate in macrophages for long-term persistence within their niche during chronic infection: organized collections of macrophages and lymphocytes called granulomas. We identified several genes preferentially expressed when Mycobacterium marinum, the cause of fish and amphibian tuberculosis, resides in host granulomas...
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