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The acid-induced operon Rv3083-Rv3089 is required for growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in macrophages.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jan 2007
Cheruvu Mani, Plikaytis Bonnie B, Shinnick Thomas M
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The Rv3083-Rv3089 operon of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been shown to be induced 17-33-fold when tubercle bacilli were exposed in vitro to acidic conditions which may mimic those that the bacilli encounter early during the infection and it is induced during growth in macrophages. To understand the role of this operon in intracellular survival, we constructed a knockout of the operon in the M. tuberculosis...
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