Eukaryotic genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis could have a role in pathogenesis and immunomodulation

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-8

  Gamieldien, Junaid ^a   Ptitsyn, Andrey ^a   Hide, Winston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE TARTRATE RESISTANT ISOENZYME; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CUTINASE; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; ESTRADIOL 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYSTEROID SULFOTRANSFERASE; STEROID HORMONE; STEROL CARRIER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036139471     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(01)02529-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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