The relA homolog of Mycobacterium smegmatis affects cell appearance, viability, and gene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2439-2447

  Dahl, John L ^a   Arora, Kriti ^a   Boshoff, Helena I ^b   Whiteford, Danelle C ^a   Pacheco, Sophia A ^a   Walsh, Olaus J ^a   Lau Bonilla, Dalia ^a   Davis, William B ^a   Garza, Anthony G ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15244353229     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.7.2439-2447.2005     Document Type: Article

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