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Protein expression in Mycobacterium tuberculosis differs with growth stage and strain type.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Sept 2002
Pheiffer Carmen, Betts Joanna, Lukey Pauline, van Helden Paul
Abstract excerpt
Different phenotypes are displayed by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) strains, fuelling speculation that certain strains are "hypervirulent" and able to evade host defenses better than others. Furthermore, differential antigen expression by M. tuberculosis strains may explain why certain patients are susceptible to a repeat episode of tuberculosis. The objective of this study was to compare protein...
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