Molecular basis of the defective heat stress response in Mycobacterium leprae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8818-8827

  Williams, Diana L ^a   Pittman, Tana L ^a   Deshotel, Mike ^b   Oby Robinson, Sandra ^a   Smith, Issar ^c   Husson, Robert ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; SIGE PROTEIN; SIGH PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONIN 60; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSEUDOGENES; SIGMA FACTOR;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SIGE;

EID: 37449027783     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00601-07     Document Type: Article

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