Mycobacterium smegmatis displays the Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence-related neutral red character when expressing the Rv0577 gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-289

  Andreu, Núria ^a   Soto, Carlos Y ^a,b   Roca, Ignasi ^a   Martín, Carlos ^b   Gibert, Isidre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFP30B; Mycobacterium; Rv0576; Rv0577; TB27.3; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NEUTRAL RED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLONE; COSMID; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1342321759     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(04)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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