Mycothiol Is Essential for Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Erdman

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6736-6740

  Sareen, Dipti ^a   Newton, Gerald L ^a   Fahey, Robert C ^a   Buchmeier, Nancy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; MYCOTHIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONE; CORA GENE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; MSHC GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; DISACCHARIDES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GLYCOPEPTIDES; INOSITOL; LIGASES; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PYRAZOLES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

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

EID: 0242407452     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6736-6740.2003     Document Type: Article

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