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SUBMITTER: Ngubane NA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3827053 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ngubane Nqobile A C NA Gresh Lionel L Ioerger Thomas R TR Sacchettini James C JC Zhang Yanjia J YJ Rubin Eric J EJ Pym Alexander A Khati Makobetsa M
PloS one 20131112 11
Bacterial cell wall components have been previously used as infection biomarkers detectable by antibodies. However, it is possible that the surface of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), also possesses molecules which might be non-antigenic. This makes the probing of biomarkers on the surface of M. tb cell wall difficult using antibodies. Here we demonstrate the use of phage display technology to identify peptides that bind to mycobacteria. We identi ...[more]