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Regulation of the expression of Mycobacterium avium complex proteins differs according to the environment within host cells.
Immunology and cell biology - 1 Feb 1997
Bermudez L E, Petrofsky M
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium avium is an intracellular organism that can infect a number of cell types such as macrophages and epithelial cells. Each one of these cells represents a different environment that requires specific adaptation from the bacterium. The effect of uptake of M. avium and M. smegmatis by both human monocyte-derived macrophages in culture for 6 days, and HT-29 intestinal mucosal cell line on the bacterial...
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