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An exacerbated phosphate starvation response triggers Mycobacterium tuberculosis glycerol utilization at acidic pH
29 Nov 2024
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ABSTRACT The mechanisms controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) replication and survival inside its human host remain ill-defined. Phagosome acidification and nutrient deprivation are common mechanisms used by macrophages to restrict the replication of intracellular bacteria. Mtb stops replicating at mildly acidic pH ( pstA1 , a gene coding for a subunit of the Pst-1 system, results in the overexpression of...
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