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The stringent response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is required for long-term survival.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2000
Primm T P, Andersen S J, Mizrahi V, Avarbock D, Rubin H, Barry C E
Abstract excerpt
The stringent response utilizes hyperphosphorylated guanine [(p)ppGpp] as a signaling molecule to control bacterial gene expression involved in long-term survival under starvation conditions. In gram-negative bacteria, (p)ppGpp is produced by the activity of the related RelA and SpoT proteins. Mycobacterium tuberculosis contains a single homolog of these proteins (Rel(Mtb)) and responds to nutrient starvation by...
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