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Interaction of the sensor module of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv KdpD with members of the Lpr family.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Feb 2003
Steyn Adrie J C, Joseph Joan, Bloom Barry R
Abstract excerpt
The genetic and biochemical mechanisms by which Mycobacterium tuberculosis senses and responds to the complex environment that it encounters during infection and persistence within the host remain unknown. In a number of bacterial species, the Kdp signal transduction pathway appears to be the primary response to environmental osmotic stress, which is primarily mediated by K+ concentration in bacteria. We show...
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