Study of the role of Mce3R on the transcription of mce genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Santangelo, María P ^a   Blanco, Federico C ^a   Bianco, María V ^a   Klepp, Laura I ^a   Zabal, Osvaldo ^a   Cataldi, Angel A ^a   Bigi, Fabiana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MAMMALIAN CELL ENTRY 3R PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; REPORTER GENE;

MURINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 41549104964     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-38     Document Type: Article

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