Differential expression of a virulence factor in pathogenic and non-pathogenic mycobacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-52

  Houben, Edith N G ^a,d   Walburger, Anne ^a,e   Ferrari, Giorgio ^a,f   Nguyen, Liem ^a,g   Thompson, Charles J ^a,g   Miess, Christian ^b   Vogel, Guido ^c   Mueller, Bernd ^b,h   Pieters, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c Kantonales Laboratorium Basel Stadt   (Switzerland)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^f ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 62949096240     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06612.x     Document Type: Article

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