Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolate with a distinct genomic identity overexpresses a tap-like efflux pump

Infection

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-111

  Siddiqi, N ^a,b   Das, R ^c   Pathak, N ^a   Banerjee, S ^a   Ahmed, N ^a   Katoch, V M ^c   Hasnain, S E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN RV 1258C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTON PUMPS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 1842451933     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-004-3097-x     Document Type: Article

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