Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains Possess Functional Cellulases.
Varrot, A., Leydier, S., Pell, G., Macdonald, J.M., Stick, R.V., Henrissat, B., Gilbert, H.J., Davies, G.J.(2005) J Biol Chem 280: 20181
- PubMed: 15824123 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.C500142200
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1UOZ, 1UP0, 1UP2, 1UP3 - PubMed Abstract: 
The genomes of various Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains encode proteins that do not appear to play a role in the growth or survival of the bacterium in its mammalian host, including some implicated in plant cell wall breakdown. Here we show that M. tuberculosis H37Rv does indeed possess a functional cellulase ...