CtpB Facilitates Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth in Copper-Limited Niches
CtpB Facilitates Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth in Copper-Limited Niches
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Switzerland: MDPI AG
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English
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Switzerland: MDPI AG
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Copper is required for aerobic respiration by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its human host, but this essential element is toxic in abundance. Copper nutritional immunity refers to host processes that modulate levels of free copper to alternately starve and intoxicate invading microbes. Bacteria engulfed by macrophages are initially contained withi...
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CtpB Facilitates Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth in Copper-Limited Niches
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_9147137
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_9147137
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1422-0067,1661-6596
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1422-0067
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10.3390/ijms23105713
