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Mycobacteria
Study results from A. Dusthackeer and colleagues in the area of mycobacteria published
December 23rd, 2008
"Tape measure protein (TMP) having MT3 motif in mycobacteriophage TM4 genome has been reported to enable the phage infection of Mycobacterium smegmatis during stationary phase," researchers in Madras, India report. "In the present work looking at eight additional mycobacteriophage genomes by in silico analysis, six of them have been found to possess MT3 motif in TMP," wrote A. Dusthackeer and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "The absence of MT3 motif in Che12 and D29 probably makes them incapable of infecting stationary phase cells of Mcobacterium tuberculosis which was experimentally evaluated by the performance of respective luciferase...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-23)
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