The W-Beijing lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis overproduces triglycerides and has the DosR dormancy regulon constitutively upregulated.

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Published in J Bacteriol on January 19, 2007

Authors

Michael B Reed1, Sebastien Gagneux, Kathryn Deriemer, Peter M Small, Clifton E Barry

Author Affiliations

1: The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4. michael.reed@mcgill.ca

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