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Phosphate depletion: a novel trigger for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2009
Rifat Dalin, Bishai William R, Karakousis Petros C
Abstract excerpt
Persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) likely encounters a phosphate-limited environment within macrophage phagosomes. We studied MTB growth, antibiotic susceptibility, and gene expression during phosphate limitation. With use of MTB mutants deficient in phosphate-related genes, we assessed...
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