Phospholipases C are involved in the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 203-217

  Raynaud, Catherine ^e   Guilhot, Christophe ^e   Rauzier, Jean ^a   Bordat, Yann ^a   Pelicic, Vladimir ^b   Manganelli, Riccardo ^c   Smith, Issar ^d   Gicquel, Brigitte ^a   Jackson, Mary ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLC GENE; PLCA GENE; PLCB GENE; PLCC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

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

EID: 0036046656     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03009.x     Document Type: Article

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