Global expression profiling of strains harbouring null mutations reveals that the five rpf-like genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis show functional redundancy

Tuberculosis

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 167-179

  Downing, K J ^a,b,e   Betts, J C ^c   Young, D I ^d   McAdam, R A ^c   Kelly, F ^c   Young, M ^d   Mizrahi, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c GIaxoSmithKline   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Mycobacterium; Resuscitation; Rpf; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; LIQUID CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOKINES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 3042767351     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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