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Identification of Mycobacterium avium genes associated with resistance to host antimicrobial peptides.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 2014
Motamedi Nima, Danelishvili Lia, Bermudez Luiz E
Abstract excerpt
Antimicrobial peptides are an important component of the innate immune defence. Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (M. avium) is an organism that establishes contact with the respiratory and gastrointestinal mucosa as a necessary step for infection. M. avium is resistant to high concentrations of polymyxin B, a surrogate for antimicrobial peptides. To determine gene-encoding proteins that are associated with...
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