3) Inside macrophages, Mycobacterium tuberculosis dodges intracellular degradation by secreting virulence factors. Two effectors, EsxH and EsxG, inhibit the function of the ESCRT machinery, impairing ...
The WHO warned Wednesday that massive funding cuts, especially from the United States, could harm humanitarian efforts ...
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis secretes molecules called Virulence Factors - the cell’s secret weapon -which block out the immune response to the infection, making it difficult to treat. The team ...
Intriguingly, we showed that a whiB3 mutant of virulent Mycobacterium bovis was completely impaired for growth in guinea pigs. These mutants define a new class of virulence genes in M. tuberculosis ...