Comparative genomic and proteomic analyses of PE/PPE multigene family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and H37Ra reveal novel and interesting differences with implications in virulence

The PE/PPE multigene family codes for virulence factors and is a possible source of mycobacterial antigenic variation: Perhaps more?

(2011) Yusuf Akhter et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Mycobacterial PE/PPE Proteins at the Host-Pathogen Interface

(2011) Samantha L. Sampson   Clinical & Developmental Immunology

Integrative analysis of transcriptome and genome indicates two potential genomic islands are associated with pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2011) Guohua Yu et al.   GENE

The PPE18 Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Inhibits NF- B/rel-Mediated Proinflammatory Cytokine Production by Upregulating and Phosphorylating Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein

(2011) S. Nair et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Adaptation to Environmental Stimuli within the Host: Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2011) D. J. Bretl et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Mammalian cell entry gene family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2011) Fan Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

The PE and PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2011) Sangita Mukhopadhyay et al.   TUBERCULOSIS

Virulence-related Mycobacterium avium subsp hominissuis MAV_2928 gene is associated with vacuole remodeling in macrophages

(2010) Samradhni S Jha et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Contrasting Transcriptional Responses of a Virulent and an Attenuated Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infecting Macrophages

(2010) Alice H. Li et al.   PLoS One

The Population Dynamics and Control of Tuberculosis

(2010) C. Dye et al.   SCIENCE

The PPE18 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Interacts with TLR2 and Activates IL-10 Induction in Macrophage

(2009) S. Nair et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Degradation-resistant protein domains limit host cell processing and immune detection of mycobacteria

(2009) Kah Wee Koh et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Genomic fluidity and pathogenic bacteria: applications in diagnostics, epidemiology and intervention

(2008) Niyaz Ahmed et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Genetic Basis of Virulence Attenuation Revealed by Comparative Genomic Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain H37Ra versus H37Rv

(2008) Huajun Zheng et al.   PLoS One