The Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigJ gene controls sensitivity of the bacterium to hydrogen peroxide

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 415-423

  Hu, Yanmin ^a   Kendall, Sharon ^b   Stoker, Neil G ^b   Coates, Anthony R M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide; Mutant; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Sensitivity; sigJ gene

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYGROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; SIG J PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICE; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGMA FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4143149555     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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