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Tuberculosis
Research on tuberculosis published by J.A. Chapeton-Montes et al
March 19th, 2008
New research, 'Characterizing the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2707 protein and determining its sequences which specifically bind to two human cell lines,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Bogota, Colombia, "The Rv2707 gene encoding a putative alanine-and leucine-rich protein was found to be present in all Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains (by PCR) and its transcription was shown by RT-PCR in all but M. bovis and M. microti. Antibodies raised against Rv2707 peptides specifically recognized the native protein by Western blot and were able to locate this protein on the M. tuberculosis membrane by immunoelectron...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-03-19)
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