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CtpB Facilitates Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth in Copper-Limited Niches

Copper is required for aerobic respiration by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its human host, but this essential element is toxic in abundance. Copper nutritional immunity refers to host processes that modulate levels of free copper to alternately starve and intoxicate invading microbes. Bacteria eng...

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Autores principales: Shey-Njila, Oliver, Hikal, Ahmed F., Gupta, Tuhina, Sakamoto, Kaori, Yahyaoui Azami, Hind, Watford, Wendy T., Quinn, Frederick D., Karls, Russell K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9147137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35628523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23105713