A non-RD1 gene cluster is required for Snm secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1653-1663

  MacGurn, Jason A ^a   Raghavan, Sridharan ^a   Stanley, Sarah A ^a   Cox, Jeffery S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUTANT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 25144441735     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04800.x     Document Type: Article

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