The AraC family transcriptional regulator Rv1931c plays a role in the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5483-5486

  Frota, Cristiane C ^a,b   Papavinasasundaram, K G ^a,c   Davis, Elaine O ^a   Colston, M Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAC PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RV1931C PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE CONTROL; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RV1931C GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 4544242850     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.9.5483-5486.2004     Document Type: Article

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