Differential expression of 10 sigma factor genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 715-724

  Manganelli, Riccardo ^a   Dubnau, Eugenie ^a   Tyagi, Sanjay ^a   Kramer, Fred Russell ^a   Smith, Issar ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; MESSENGER RNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COLD STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT SHOCK; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGMA FACTOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032955397     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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