Upregulation of a histone-like protein in dormant Mycobacterium smegmatis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 475-479

  Lee, B H ^a   Murugasu Oei, B ^a   Dick, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Gene disruption; Histone like protein; Mycobacterium smegmatis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UP-REGULATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032432632     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050919     Document Type: Article

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