Mce2R from Mycobacterium tuberculosis represses the expression of the mce2 operon

Tuberculosis

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-28

  Santangelo, María de la Paz ^a   Blanco, Federico ^a   Campos, Eleonora ^a   Soria, Marcelo ^b   Bianco, María Verónica ^a   Klepp, Laura ^a   Alito, Alicia ^a   Zabal, Osvaldo ^a   Cataldi, Angel ^a   Bigi, Fabiana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

GntR; mce2; Operon; Regulation; Reporter; Repressor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENDONUCLEASE; MCE2R PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MACROPHAGE; MCE2 OPERON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RV0670 GENE; RVO586 GENE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 58149186551     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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