Mycobacterium tuberculosis exploits asparagine to assimilate nitrogen and resist acid stress during infection.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an intracellular pathogen. Within macrophages, M. tuberculosis thrives in a specialized membrane-bound vacuole, the phagosome, whose pH is slightly acidic, and where access to nutrients is limited. Understanding how the bacillus extracts and incorporates nutrients from...
| 出版年: | PLoS Pathogens |
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| 主要な著者: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| フォーマット: | 論文 |
| 言語: | 英語 |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-02-01
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| オンライン・アクセス: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003928 |
