| Literature DB >> 17030567 |
Vania Rosas-Magallanes1, Gustavo Stadthagen-Gomez, Jean Rauzier, Luis B Barreiro, Ludovic Tailleux, Frédéric Boudou, Ruth Griffin, Jérome Nigou, Mary Jackson, Brigitte Gicquel, Olivier Neyrolles.
Abstract
Using signature-tagged transposon mutagenesis, we isolated 23 Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutants, corresponding to 21 genes or genetic regions, attenuated in their ability to parasitize human macrophages. Mutants disrupted in the ABC transporter-encoding genes Rv0986 and Rv0987 were further characterized as being impaired in their ability to bind to host cells.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17030567 PMCID: PMC1828433 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00058-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441