Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR regulon gene Rv0079 encodes a putative, 'dormancy associated translation inhibitor (DATIN)'.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a major human pathogen that has evolved survival mechanisms to persist in an immune-competent host under a dormant condition. The regulation of M. tuberculosis metabolism during latent infection is not clearly known. The dormancy survival regulon (DosR regulon) is chief...

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Main Authors: Ashutosh Kumar, Mohammad Majid, Ralph Kunisch, Pittu Sandhya Rani, Insaf A Qureshi, Astrid Lewin, Seyed E Hasnain, Niyaz Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3374827?pdf=render

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