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Genetic determination of the effect of post-translational modification on the innate immune response to the 19 kDa lipoprotein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
BMC microbiology - 14 May 2009
Wilkinson Katalin A, Newton Sandra M, Stewart Graham R, Martineau Adrian R, Patel Janisha, Sullivan Susan M, Herrmann Jean-Louis, Neyrolles Olivier, Young Douglas B, Wilkinson Robert J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The 19 kDa lipoprotein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is an important target of the innate immune response. To investigate the effect of post-translation modification of this protein on innate recognition in the context of the whole bacillus, we derived a recombinant M. tuberculosis H37Rv that lacked the 19 kDa gene (Delta19) and complemented this strain by reintroduction of the 19 kDa gene into...
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