The porin MspA from Mycobacterium smegmatis improves growth of Mycobacterium bovis BCG

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-245

  Sharbati Tehrani, Soroush ^a   Meister, Beate ^a   Appel, Bernd ^a   Lewin, Astrid ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Growth; Intracellular multiplication; MspA; Mycobacterium bovis BCG; Porin

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MSPA PROTEIN; PORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MSPA GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON; TUBERCULOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 6044246067     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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