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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis PhoPR two-component system regulates genes essential for virulence and complex lipid biosynthesis.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 2006
Walters Shaun B, Dubnau Eugenie, Kolesnikova Irina, Laval Francoise, Daffe Mamadou, Smith Issar
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Two-component signal transduction systems (2-CS) play an important role in bacterial pathogenesis. In the work presented here, we have studied the effects of a mutation in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) PhoPR 2-CS on the pathogenicity, physiology and global gene expression of this bacterial pathogen. Disruption of PhoPR causes a marked attenuation of growth in macrophages and mice and prevents growth in...
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