Analysis of the dormancy-inducible narK2 promoter in Mycobacterium bovis BCG

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-146

  Hutter, Bernd ^a   Dick, Thomas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaerobiosis; BCG; Dormancy; Inducible promoter

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG;

EID: 0034662486     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00227-5     Document Type: Article

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