Glycine betaine uptake by the proXVWZ ABC transporter contributes to the ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to initiate growth in human macrophages

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3955-3961

  Price, Christopher T D ^a   Bukka, Archana ^a   Cynamon, Michael ^c   Graham, James E ^a,b,d  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Central New York Research Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL RNA; BETAINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SCREENING; SOLUTE;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 44349094977     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01476-07     Document Type: Article

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