The gene encoding P27 lipoprotein and a putative antibiotic-resistance gene form an operon in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1011-1018

  Bigi, F ^a   Alito, A ^a   Romano, M I ^a   Zumarraga, M ^a   Caimi, K ^a   Cataldi, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lipoprotein; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Operon; Promoter

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P27;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034039869     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-4-1011     Document Type: Article

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