Role of narK2X and narGHJI in Hypoxic Upregulation of Nitrate Reduction by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 7247-7256

  Sohaskey, Charles D ^a,b   Wayne, Lawrence G ^a,c  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL EXTRACT; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENUS; KNOCKOUT GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NARGHJI GENE; NARK2X GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANOXIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0344666693     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.24.7247-7256.2003     Document Type: Article

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