Regulation of the α-crystallin gene acr2 by the MprAB two-component system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6213-6221

  Pang, Xiuhua ^a   Howard, Susan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ANTIBODY; CHAPERONE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MESSENGER RNA;

ACR2 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HSPR GENE; MPRAB GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGE GENE; SIGH GENE; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEAT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SIGE;

EID: 34548501970     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00492-07     Document Type: Article

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