Anaerobic arginine metabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is mediated by arginine deiminase (arcA), but is not essential for chronic persistence in an aerogenic mouse model of infection

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 657-661

  Sürken, Michael ^a   Keller, Christine ^b   Röhker, Claudia ^a   Ehlers, Stefan ^b   Bange, Franz Christoph ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arginine deiminase; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; OXYGEN;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN;

EID: 50049085780     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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