Rv1818c-encoded PE_PGRS protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is surface exposed and influences bacterial cell structure

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 725-733

  Delogu, Giovanni ^a,b   Pusceddu, Cinzia ^a   Bua, Alessandra ^a   Fadda, Giovanni ^b   Brennan, Michael J ^c   Zanetti, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PE PGRS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; EXPOSURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRYPSIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 2442515282     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04007.x     Document Type: Article

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