Mycobacterium tuberculosis modulates its virulence to cause persistent but often subclinical infection. This strategy is regulated in part by a feedback loop that controls the secretion of a small subset of bacterial proteins.
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Porcelli, S. Shrewd survival strategy. Nature 454, 702–703 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/454702a
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