The Mycobacterium tuberculosis katG promoter region contains a novel upstream activator

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2507-2518

  Mulder, Michelle A ^a   Zappe, Harold ^a   Steyn, Lafras M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

KatG; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Promoter; Regulation

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; NUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032829235     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-9-2507     Document Type: Article

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