Regulation of catalase–peroxidase (KatG) expression, isoniazid sensitivity and virulence by furA of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 40 (4) , 879-889
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02427.x
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has two genes for ferric uptake regulator orthologues, one of which, furA, is situated immediately upstream of katG encoding catalase–peroxidase, a major virulence factor ...Keywords
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