Cell population heterogeneity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

Tuberculosis

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 553-559

  Andreu, Núria ^a   Gibert, Isidre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neutral red; Phenotypic variation; Phthiocerol dimycocerosates; Population heterogeneity; Virulence instability

Indexed keywords

NEUTRAL RED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

COLORING AGENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTRAL RED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 54349103546     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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