LprG-Mediated Surface Expression of Lipoarabinomannan Is Essential for Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis employs various virulence strategies to subvert host immune responses in order to persist and cause disease. Interaction of M. tuberculosis with mannose receptor on macrophages via surface-exposed lipoarabinomannan (LAM) is believed to be critical for cell entry, inhibitio...

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Autores principales: Gaur, Rajiv L., Ren, Kangning, Blumenthal, Antje, Bhamidi, Suresh, Gibbs, Sara, Jackson, Mary, Zare, Richard N., Ehrt, Sabine, Ernst, Joel D., Banaei, Niaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4169494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25232742
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004376

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4169494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25232742
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004376

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