A mycothiol synthase mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an altered thiol-disulfide content and limited tolerance to stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 6245-6252

  Buchmeier, Nancy A ^a   Newton, Gerald L ^b   Fahey, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE N GALACTOSAMINE INOSITOL; DISULFIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MYCOTHIOL; MYCOTHIOL SYNTHASE; OLEIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MACROPHAGE; MSHB GENE; MSHC GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRESS; SYNTHESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DISULFIDES; GENE DELETION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33748987070     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00393-06     Document Type: Article

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