Identification of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene that enhances mycobacterial survival in macrophages

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 377-384

  Wei, Jun ^a   Dahl, John L ^a   Moulder, James W ^a   Roberts, Esteban A ^a   O'Gaora, Peadar ^b   Young, Douglas B ^b   Friedman, Richard L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; U937 CELLS;

EID: 0033988815     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.377-384.2000     Document Type: Article

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