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 T-Clear 13 genes, fadD5 (Rv0166) being the first gene of the operon.T