The role of GlnD in ammonia assimilation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 384-390

  Read, Rose ^a   Pashley, Carey A ^a   Smith, Debbie ^b   Parish, Tanya ^a  

^a Institute of Cell and Molecular Science   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, SCID; MUTANT PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34250760897     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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