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Common Traits Spark the Mitophagy/Xenophagy Interplay (2018)
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Singh, A., Kendall, S. L., & Campanella, M. (2018). Common Traits Spark the Mitophagy/Xenophagy Interplay. Frontiers in Physiology, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01172

Selective autophagy contributes to the wellbeing of eukaryotic cells by recycling cellular components, disposing damaged organelles, and removing pathogens, amongst others. Both the quality control process of selective mitochondrial autophagy (Mitoph... Read More about Common Traits Spark the Mitophagy/Xenophagy Interplay.

Isolation and Potential for Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis at Human–livestock–wildlife Interface of the Serengeti Ecosystem, Northern Tanzania (2017)
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Katale, B. Z., Mbugi, E. V., Siame, K. K., Keyyu, J. D., Kendall, S., Kazwala, R. R., Dockrell, H. M., Fyumagwa, R., Michel, A. L., Rweyemamu, M., Streicher, E. M., Warren, R. M., Van Helden, P., & Matee, M. I. (2017). Isolation and Potential for Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis at Human–livestock–wildlife Interface of the Serengeti Ecosystem, Northern Tanzania. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 64(3), 815-825. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12445

Mapping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Genetic Diversity Profiles in Tanzania and Other African Countries (2016)
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Mbugi, E. V., Katale, B. Z., Streicher, E. M., Keyyu, J. D., Kendall, S. L., Dockrell, H. M., Michel, A. L., Rweyemamu, M. M., Warren, R. M., Matee, M. I., van Helden, P. D., Couvin, D., & Rastogi, N. (2016). Mapping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Genetic Diversity Profiles in Tanzania and Other African Countries. PLoS ONE, 11(5), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154571

The Structure of the Transcriptional Repressor KstR in Complex with CoA Thioester Cholesterol Metabolites Sheds Light on the Regulation of Cholesterol Catabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2016)
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Ho, N. A. T., Dawes, S. S., Crowe, A. M., Casabon, I., Gao, C., Kendall, S. L., Baker, E. N., Eltis, L. D., & Lott, J. S. (2016). The Structure of the Transcriptional Repressor KstR in Complex with CoA Thioester Cholesterol Metabolites Sheds Light on the Regulation of Cholesterol Catabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291(14), 7256-7266. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.707760

Cholesterol can be a major carbon source for Mycobacterium tuberculosis during infection, both at an early stage in the macrophage phagosome and later within the necrotic granuloma. KstR is a highly conserved TetR family transcriptional repressor tha... Read More about The Structure of the Transcriptional Repressor KstR in Complex with CoA Thioester Cholesterol Metabolites Sheds Light on the Regulation of Cholesterol Catabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from tuberculosis patients in the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania (2015)
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Mbugi, E. V., Katale, B. Z., Siame, K. K., Keyyu, J. D., Kendall, S. L., Dockrell, H. M., Streicher, E. M., Michel, A. L., Rweyemamu, M. M., Warren, R. M., Matee, M. I., & van Helden, P. D. (2015). Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from tuberculosis patients in the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania. Tuberculosis, 95(2), 170-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2014.11.006

Species diversity of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from humans, livestock and wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania (2014)
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Katale, B. Z., Mbugi, E. V., Botha, L., Keyyu, J. D., Kendall, S. L., Dockrell, H. M., Michel, A. L., Kazwala, R. R., Rweyemamu, M. M., van Helden, P., & Matee, M. I. (2014). Species diversity of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from humans, livestock and wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania. BMC Infectious Diseases, 14, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0616-y

Characterisation of a putative AraC transcriptional regulator from Mycobacterium smegmatis (2014)
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Evangelopoulos, D., Gupta, A., Lack, N. A., Maitra, A., Ten Bokum, A. M. C., Kendall, S. L., Sim, E., & Bhakta, S. (2014). Characterisation of a putative AraC transcriptional regulator from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Tuberculosis, 94(6), 664-671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2014.08.007

MSMEG_0307 is annotated as a transcriptional regulator belonging to the AraC protein family and is located adjacent to the arylamine N-acetyltransferase (nat) gene in Mycobacterium smegmatis, in a gene cluster, conserved in most environmental mycobac... Read More about Characterisation of a putative AraC transcriptional regulator from Mycobacterium smegmatis.

Prevalence and risk factors for infection of bovine tuberculosis in indigenous cattle in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania (2013)
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Katale, B. Z., Mbugi, E. V., Karimuribo, E. D., Keyyu, J. D., Kendall, S., Kibiki, G. S., Godfrey-Faussett, P., Michel, A. L., Kazwala, R. R., van Helden, P., & Matee, M. I. (2013). Prevalence and risk factors for infection of bovine tuberculosis in indigenous cattle in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania. BMC Veterinary Research, 9(9), 1746-6148. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-9-267

'One Health' infectious diseases surveillance in Tanzania: Are we all on board the same flight? (2012)
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Mbugi, E. V., Kayunze, K. A., Katale, B. Z., Kendall, S., Good, L., Kibik, G. S., Keyyu, J. D., Godfrey-Faussett, P., Van Helden, P., & Matee, M. I. (2012). 'One Health' infectious diseases surveillance in Tanzania: Are we all on board the same flight?. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 79(2), E1-7. https://doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v79i2.500

Infectious diseases account for nearly 40% of the burden of human mortality and morbidity in low-income countries, of which 7% is attributable to zoonoses and 13% to recently emerging diseases from animals. One of the strategic approaches for effecti... Read More about 'One Health' infectious diseases surveillance in Tanzania: Are we all on board the same flight?.