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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Mycobacterium Tuberculosis H37rv
SUBMITTER: Endrei Marcantonio
LAB HEAD: Sladjana Prisic
PROVIDER: PXD024389 | Pride | 2021-04-23
REPOSITORIES: Pride
Dow Allexa A Sule Preeti P O'Donnell Timothy J TJ Burger Andrew A Mattila Joshua T JT Antonio Brandi B Vergara Kevin K Marcantonio Endrei E Adams L Garry LG James Nicholas N Williams Philip G PG Cirillo Jeffrey D JD Prisic Sladjana S
PLoS pathogens 20210514 5
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has complex and dynamic interactions with the human host, and subpopulations of Mtb that emerge during infection can influence disease outcomes. This study implicates zinc ion (Zn2+) availability as a likely driver of bacterial phenotypic heterogeneity in vivo. Zn2+ sequestration is part of "nutritional immunity", where the immune system limits micronutrients to control pathogen growth, but this defense mechanism seems to be ineffective in controlling Mtb infecti ...[more]