通过对过氧化的适应,共同进化受furA调节的超炎症和菌根菌对氧化杀伤的耐药性

Xin Fan1, Bei Zhao2, Weishan Zhang1,2

  • 1CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Microbiology spectrum
|June 26, 2023
PubMed
概括

适应的Mycobacterium smegmatis对过氧化 (H2O2) 产生了耐药性,在小鼠中变得持久并导致致命性. 一个furA基因突变导致炎症和严重的肺损伤,突出FurA基因突变.

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