Characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigma factor SigM by assessment of virulence and identification of SigM-dependent genes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 452-461

  Agarwal, Nisheeth ^a   Woolwine, Samuel C ^a   Tyagi, Sandeep ^a   Bishai, William R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR SIGM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DELETION MUTANT; DISEASE MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; ESXE GENE; ESXF GENE; ESXT GENE; ESXU GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGMA FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33845991188     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01395-06     Document Type: Article

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