HemZ is essential for heme biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Parish, Tanya ^a   Schaeffer, Merrill ^b,d   Roberts, Gretta ^a   Duncan, Ken ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxotroph; Essential genes; Heme biosynthesis; Homologous recombination; Metabolic pathway

Indexed keywords

FERROCHELATASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEME SYNTHESIS; HEMZ GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 17844394673     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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