Elements of signal transduction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: In vitro phosphorylation and in vivo expression of the response regulator MtrA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3314-3321

  Via, L E ^a   Curcic, R ^a   Mudd, M H ^a   Dhandayuthapani, S ^a   Ulmer, R J ^a   Deretic, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030008674     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3314-3321.1996     Document Type: Article

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