Screening Mycobacterium tuberculosis Secreted Proteins Identifies Mpt64 as a Eukaryotic Membrane-Binding Bacterial Effector
ABSTRACT Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, is one of the most successful Me Spring Top human pathogens.One reason for its success is that Mtb can reside within host macrophages, a cell type that normally functions to phagocytose and destroy infectious bacteria.However, Mtb is able to evade macrophage defenses in