Tuberculosis Genomics and Genetics

Expression of mce operons during TB infection characterized

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, January 27th, 2004

The expression of mce operons during tuberculosis infection has been further characterized.

According to published research from India, "The sequencing of the complete genome of M. tuberculosis H37Rv has resulted in the recognition of four mce operons in its genome by in silico analysis."

"In an attempt to understand the significance of the redundancy of mce operons," A. Kumar and coauthors at the University of Delhi "analyzed the expression profile of mce operons after different periods of growth in culture as well as during in vivo infection."

"Our results strongly suggest that mce1 is...

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