Mycobacterium tuberculosis and human macrophage: The bacillus with ″environment-sensing″

Folia Biologica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 127-130

  Fraziano, M ^a   Colizzi, V ^a   Mariani, F ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; APOPTOSIS; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034366218     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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