Construction and characterization of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutant lacking the alternate sigma factor gene, sigF

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 5575-5580

  Chen, P ^a   Ruiz, R E ^a   Li, Q ^a   Silver, R F ^a   Bishai, W R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAPENTINE; SIGMA FACTOR; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUTANT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MONOCYTES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; SIGMA FACTOR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033805703     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.10.5575-5580.2000     Document Type: Article

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