Understanding the evolution and function of the mycobacterial Type VII ESX secretion systems (T7SSs) and their substrates

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis disease, contains five copies of the ESAT-6 gene cluster, each encoding a dedicated ESX protein secretion system which has been defined as a novel Type-VII secretion s...

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Main Author: Newton-Foot, Mae
Other Authors: Gey van Pittius, Nicolaas Claudius
Format: Others
Language:en_ZA
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2013
Subjects:
TB
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79805