An essential two-component signal transduction system in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3832-3838

  Zahrt, Thomas C ^a   Deretic, Vojo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MAPPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034130852     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3832-3838.2000     Document Type: Article

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