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In Situ Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transcripts in Human Lung Granulomas Reveals Differential Gene Expression in Necrotic Lesions
15 Oct 2002
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We have used RNA-RNA in situ hybridization to detect the expression of several Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes in tuberculous granulomas in lung tissue sections from tuberculosis patients. The M. tuberculosis genes chosen fall into two classes. Four genes (icl, narX, and Rv2557 and Rv2558) have been implicated in the persistence of the bacterium in the host, and two genes (iniB and kasA) are upregulated in...
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