MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS CPN60.2 (GROEL2) BLOCKS MACROPHAGE APOPTOSIS VIA INTERACTION WITH MITOCHONDRIAL MORTALIN

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cpn60.2 (GroEL2) blocks macrophage apoptosis via interaction with mitochondrial mortalin

Earlier studies suggested that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) DAILY DUO proteins exported within the host macrophage play an essential role in tuberculosis pathogenesis.In fact, Mtb proteins interact with and deactivate key regulators of many macrophage functions such as phago-lysosome fusion and antigen presentation, resulting in the intracellul

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Ethnicity and the performance of identity

This essay looks into the novels of two Indonesian women writers, Perempuan Kembang Jepun (Lan Fang 2009) and Dimsum terakhir (Clara Ng 2006), which depict the struggles of the major female characters in negotiating their "hybrid" identities amidst the pulls from various opposing forces that try to impose and define their identities.Both works were

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