Transposon mutagenesis of Mycobacterium marinum identifies a locus linking pigmentation and intracellular survival

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 922-929

  Gao, Lian Yong ^a   Groger, Richard ^c   Cox, Jeffery S ^a,b   Beverley, Stephen M ^c   Lawson, Elise H ^a   Brown, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CAROTENOID; SINGLET OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENOME; HOST; MACROPHAGE; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CELL LINE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM;

EID: 0037306244     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.2.922-929.2003     Document Type: Article

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