Characterization of Mce4A protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Role in invasion and survival

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Saini, Neeraj Kumar ^a   Sharma, Monika ^a   Chandolia, Amita ^a   Pasricha, Rashmi ^a   Brahmachari, Vani ^b   Bose, Mridula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MCE4A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; MAMMALIAN CELL ENTRY PROTEIN MCE1A, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MCE4A PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MCE1A GENE; MCE4A GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUBERCULOSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPERON;

MAMMALIA; MUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 57249105493     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-200     Document Type: Article

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