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Truncated hemoglobin, HbN, is post-translationally modified in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and modulates host-pathogen interactions during intracellular infection.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 11 Oct 2013
Arya Swati, Sethi Deepti, Singh Sandeep, Hade Mangesh Dattu, Singh Vijender, Raju Preeti, Chodisetti Sathi Babu, Verma Deepshikha, Varshney Grish C, Agrewala Javed N, Dikshit Kanak L
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a phenomenally successful human pathogen having evolved mechanisms that allow it to survive within the hazardous environment of macrophages and establish long term, persistent infection in the host against the control of cell-mediated immunity. One such mechanism is mediated by the truncated hemoglobin, HbN, of Mtb that displays a potent O2-dependent nitric oxide dioxygenase...
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