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In vivo gene silencing identifies the Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasome as essential for the bacteria to persist in mice.
Nature medicine - 1 Dec 2007
Gandotra Sheetal, Schnappinger Dirk, Monteleone Mercedes, Hillen Wolfgang, Ehrt Sabine
Abstract excerpt
The success of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) as a human pathogen relies on its ability to resist eradication by the immune system. The identification of mechanisms that enable Mtb to persist is key for finding ways to limit latent tuberculosis, which affects one-third of the world's population...
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