LprG-Mediated Surface Expression of Lipoarabinomannan Is Essential for Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• Rajiv L. Gaur ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rajiv L. Gaur, Kangning Ren

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Kangning Ren ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rajiv L. Gaur, Kangning Ren

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Antje Blumenthal,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, United States of America

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• Suresh Bhamidi,

  Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Sara Gibbs,

  Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Mary Jackson,

  Affiliations Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Richard N. Zare,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Sabine Ehrt,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, United States of America

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• Joel D. Ernst,

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

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• Niaz Banaei

  * E-mail: niazbanaei@stanford.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

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