Molecular characterization of the eis promoter of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 5410-5417

  Roberts, Esteban A ^a   Clark, Amanda ^a   McBeth, Sarah ^a   Friedman, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATECHOL 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DINR PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; NUCLEOTIDE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR 70; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EIS GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GFP GENE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS H37RV; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MACROPHAGES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXYGENASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3843121974     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.16.5410-5417.2004     Document Type: Article

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