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Lineage-specific differences in lipid metabolism and its impact on clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Sept 2020
Moopanar K, Mvubu N E
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) is the causative agent of TB and its incidences has been on the rise since 1993. Lipid metabolism is an imperative metabolic process, which grants M. tb the ability to utilize host-derived lipids as a secondary source of nutrition during infection. In addition to degrading host lipids, M. tb is proficient at using lipids, such as cholesterol, to facilitate its entry into...
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