Increased transcription of a potential sigma factor regulatory gene Rv1364c in Mycobacterium bovis BCG while residing in macrophages indicates use of alternative promoters

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-339

  Li, Ming Shi ^a,c   Waddell, Simon J ^a   Monahan, Irene M ^a   Mangan, Joseph A ^a   Martin, Steve L ^b   Everett, Martin J ^b   Butcher, Philip D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti anti sigma factor; cDNA RNA subtractive hybridisation; Macrophage; Mycobacterium bovis BCG; Promoter; Rv1364c

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SENSOR; SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG;

EID: 1842582674     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.02.028     Document Type: Article

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