Interaction studies on proteins encoded by the phthiocerol dimycocerosate locus of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 272, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 571-579

  Rao, A ^a   Ranganathan, A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Polyketide synthase; Tuberculosis; Two hybrid system; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CARBENICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KANAMYCIN; PHTHIOCEROL DIMYCOCEROSATE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; TETRACYCLINE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; HYBRID; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

CARBENICILLIN; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLASMIDS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 13244267141     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-004-1088-3     Document Type: Article

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