The mshA gene encoding the glycosyltransferase of mycothiol biosynthesis is essential in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Erdman

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-79

  Buchmeier, Nancy ^a   Fahey, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential gene; Glycosyltransferase; mshA; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycothiol

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MYCOTHIOL; PROTEIN MSHA; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE FUNCTION; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; GENE DOSAGE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INOSITOL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33749428834     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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