Role of Mycobacterium tuberculosis nucleoside diphosphate kinase in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) evasion of the host immune response leads to its resilient persistence within the macrophage ultimately triggering active tuberculosis, a deadly infectious disease afflicting millions of people globally. To combat this disease, there is an urgent need to reveal the u...

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Main Author: Sun, Jim
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42000