Mycobacterium tuberculosis nuoG Is a Virulence Gene That Inhibits Apoptosis of Infected Host Cells

The survival and persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis depends on its capacity to manipulate multiple host defense pathways, including the ability to actively inhibit the death by apoptosis of infected host cells. The genetic basis for this anti-apoptotic activity and its implication for mycobac...

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Main Authors: Velmurugan, Kamalakannan, Chen, Bing, Miller, Jessica L, Azogue, Sharon, Gurses, Serdar, Hsu, Tsungda, Glickman, Michael, Jacobs, William R, Porcelli, Steven A, Briken, Volker
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1924871/