Inactivation of lsr2 results in a hypermotile phenotype in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4291-4300

  Arora, Kriti ^a   Whiteford, Danelle C ^a   Lau Bonilla, Dalia ^a   Davitt, Christine M ^a   Dahl, John L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPEPTIDE; KANAMYCIN; LIPID; LSR2 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; MYCOLIC ACID;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BASE PAIRING; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MUTANT; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KANAMYCIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 44949138433     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00023-08     Document Type: Article

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