Comparative Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pe and ppe Genes Reveals High Sequence Variation and an Apparent Absence of Selective Constraints

Genes under positive selection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2011) Yuan Zhang et al.   COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Induction of cell death after localization to the host cell mitochondria by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE_PGRS33 protein

(2010) N. Cadieux et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Human T cell epitopes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are evolutionarily hyperconserved

(2010) Iñaki Comas et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Evidence for a rapid rate of molecular evolution at the hypervariable and immunogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE38 gene region

(2009) Christopher RE McEvoy et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Strong Antibody Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE-PGRS62 Protein Are Associated with Latent and Active Tuberculosis

(2009) K. W. Koh et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Transcriptional Regulator Rv0485 Modulates the Expression of a pe and ppe Gene Pair and Is Required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulence

(2009) R. M. Goldstone et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The tempo and mode of molecular evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at patient-to-patient scale

(2009) Anita C. Schürch et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

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

PPE and PE_PGRS proteins ofMycobacterium marinumare transported via the type VII secretion system ESX-5

(2009) Abdallah M. Abdallah et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Genotyping of Genetically Monomorphic Bacteria: DNA Sequencing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Highlights the Limitations of Current Methodologies

(2009) Iñaki Comas et al.   PLoS One

Defined tuberculosis vaccine, Mtb72F/AS02A, evidence of protection in cynomolgus monkeys

(2009) S. G. Reed et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple, independent, identical IS6110 insertions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE genes

(2009) Christopher R.E. McEvoy et al.   TUBERCULOSIS

Insights from the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium marinum on the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2008) T. P. Stinear et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Frequent Homologous Recombination Events in Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE/PPE Multigene Families: Potential Role in Antigenic Variability

(2008) A. Karboul et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of T-cell immunogenicity of two PE/PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2008) M. G. Chaitra et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pe_pgrs33 is repressed during stationary phase and stress conditions, and its transcription is mediated by sigma factor A

(2008) Antonio J. Vallecillo et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

A comparative study of host response to three Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE_PGRS proteins

(2008) P. P. Singh et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Modeling the effects of strain diversity and mechanisms of strain competition on the potential performance of new tuberculosis vaccines

(2008) T. Cohen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE_PGRS16 and PE_PGRS26 genetic polymorphism among clinical isolates

(2008) Sarah Talarico et al.   TUBERCULOSIS

High Functional Diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Driven by Genetic Drift and Human Demography

(2008) Ruth Hershberg et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Population Genetics of dN/dS

(2008) Sergey Kryazhimskiy et al.   PLoS Genetics

Selection of genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis upregulated during residence in lungs of infected mice

(2007) Vikas Srivastava et al.   TUBERCULOSIS