An increase in expression of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis mycolyl transferase gene (fbpB) occurs early after infection of human monocytes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 813-821

  Wilkinson, Robert J ^a,b,c,e,f   DesJardin, Lucy E ^b,d,e   Islam, Najmul ^a   Gibson, Brandon M ^b   Andrew Kanost, R ^a   Wilkinson, Katalin A ^a,f   Poelman, David ^a   Eisenach, Kathleen D ^b   Toossi, Zahra ^a,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN 85B; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYCOLYL TRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ACR; TRANSFERASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MONOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0035134861     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02280.x     Document Type: Article

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