The lipF promoter of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is upregulated specifically by acidic pH but not by other stress conditions

Microbiological Research

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-232

  Richter, Laetitia ^a,b   Saviola, Beatrice ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic stress; Lipase; lipF; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ACID STRESS; ACIDIC PH; ACIDIC STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYPOXIC STRESS; LIPF; M. TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROMOTER EXPRESSIONS; STRESS CONDITIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGEN; PH; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 61849156324     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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