Microbiology - Lipid lunch for persistent pathogen

被引：44
作者：
Bishai, W
机构：
[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Int Hlth, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Med, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
来源：
NATURE | 2000年 / 406卷 / 6797期
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D O I：
10.1038/35021159
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
A biochemical pathway called the glyoxylate shunt may be important for the long-term survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis - the bacterium that causes tuberculosis - in humans. These results give clues to where in the body the bacterium hides during 'latent' infection.
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