Identification and characterization of a regulatory sequence recognized by Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence regulator MprA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 202-212

  He, Hongjun ^a   Zahrt, Thomas C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MPRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPD GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID;

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

EID: 11144346285     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.1.202-212.2005     Document Type: Article

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