IS6110 in oriC affects the morphology and growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and attenuates virulence in mice

Tuberculosis

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 545-552

  Casart, Yveth ^a,c   Turcios, Lilia ^a,b   Florez, Ingrid ^a   Jaspe, Rossana ^a,c   Guerrero, Elba ^a,c   de Waard, Jacobus ^b   Aguilar, Diana ^c   Hérnandez Pando, Rogelio ^c   Salazar, Leiria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Isogenic strains; Origin of chromosome replication; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SIZE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLCD GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 54849429774     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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