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The W-Beijing Lineage of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Overproduces Triglycerides and Has the DosR Dormancy Regulon Constitutively Upregulated
20 Jan 2007
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The Beijing family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains has been associated with epidemic spread and an increased likelihood of developing drug resistance. The characteristics that predispose this family to such clinical outcomes have not been identified, although one potential candidate, the phenolic glycolipid PGL-tb, has been shown to mediate a fulminant lethal disease in mice and rabbits due to...
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