Identification of transcriptionally active open reading frames within the RD1 genomic segment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-144

  Amoudy, Hanady A ^a   Al Turab, Mariam B ^a   Mustafa, Abu S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Active open reading frames; Gene expression; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ACCURACY; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 32944460213     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090919     Document Type: Article

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