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Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv0444c, the gene encoding anti-SigK, explain high level expression of MPB70 and MPB83 in Mycobacterium bovis.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Dec 2006
Saïd-Salim Battouli, Mostowy Serge, Kristof Arnold S, Behr Marcel A
Abstract excerpt
It has recently been advanced that Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigma factor K (SigK) positively regulates expression of the antigenic proteins MPB70 and MPB83. As expression of these proteins differs between M. tuberculosis (low) and Mycobacterium bovis (high), this study set out to determine whet...
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