Expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pe_pgrs33 is repressed during stationary phase and stress conditions, and its transcription is mediated by sigma factor A

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 119-127

  Vallecillo, Antonio J ^a   Espitia, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE_PGRS; Promoter; Sigma factor A; Transcription run assay; Transcription start mapping

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CODON; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STARVATION; STRESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 60649105944     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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