Nonprotein Structures from Mycobacteria: Emerging Actors for Tuberculosis Control
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Nonprotein Structures from Mycobacteria: Emerging Actors for Tuberculosis Control
Immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causal agent of tuberculosis, is critical for protection. For many decades, consistent to classical biochemistry, most studies regarding immunity to the tubercle bacilli focused mainly on protein structures. But the atypical, highly impermeable and waxy coat of mycobacteria captured the interest of structural biologists very early, allowing the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Developmental Immunology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1740-2522,1740-2530
DOI: 10.1155/2012/917860