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Metabolic adaptation of two in silico mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during infection.
BMC systems biology - 21 Nov 2017
López-Agudelo Víctor A, Baena Andres, Ramirez-Malule Howard, Ochoa Silvia, Barrera Luis F, Ríos-Estepa Rigoberto
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BACKGROUND: Up to date, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains as the worst intracellular killer pathogen. To establish infection, inside the granuloma, Mtb reprograms its metabolism to support both growth and survival, keeping a balance between catabolism, anabolism and energy supply. Mtb knockouts with the faculty of being essential on a wide range of nutritional conditions are deemed as target candidates for...
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