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Rv0500A is a transcription factor that links Mycobacterium tuberculosis environmental response with division and impacts host colonization

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to identify genes that are differentially expressed upon rv0500A deletion, to reveal the impact of Rv0500A on global transcription in different environmental conditions.

ORGANISM(S): Mycobacterium tuberculosis

PROVIDER: GSE194262 | GEO | 2022/02/15

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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