Functional analysis of an intergenic non-coding sequence within mce1 operon of M.tuberculosis
Abstract Background The mce operons play an important role in the entry of M.tuberculosis into macrophages and non-phagocytic cells.Their non-redundant function as well as complex regulation is implied by the phenotype of mce mutants.Recently, mce1 operon was found to extend over 13 genes, fadD5 (Rv0166) being the first gene of the operon.The prese