Targeted mutagenesis of the Mycobacterium smegmatis mca gene, encoding a mycothiol-dependent detoxification protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 6050-6058

  Rawat, Mamta ^a,b   Uppal, Mandeep ^a   Newton, Gerald ^c   Steffek, Micah ^c   Fahey, Robert C ^c   Av Gay, Yossef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALKYLATING AGENT; AMIDASE; ANTIOXIDANT; BROMOBIMANE; CERULENIN; CUMENE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUCOSAMINYLINOSITOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INOSITOL DERIVATIVE; INTERMEDIN; IODOACETAMIDE; LINCOMYCIN; MENADIONE; MYCOTHIOL; MYCOTHIOL S CONJUGATE AMIDASE; NITROFURANTOIN; PLUMBAGIN; RIFAMYCIN S; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; DETOXIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYDROLYSIS; MCA GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CYSTEINE; DINITROCHLOROBENZENE; DISACCHARIDES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOPEPTIDES; INOSITOL; IODOACETAMIDE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OXIDANTS; PYRAZOLES; RIFAMYCINS; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; VITAMIN K 3;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 4444241900     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.18.6050-6058.2004     Document Type: Article

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