Role of the transcriptional regulator RamB (Rv0465c) in the control of the glyoxylate cycle in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7260-7269

  Micklinghoff, Julia C ^a   Breitinger, Katrin J ^b   Schmidt, Mascha ^a   Geffers, Robert ^c   Eikmanns, Bernhard J ^b   Bange, Franz Christoph ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; PROTEIN RAMB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACETATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GLYOXYLATES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 72249122132     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01009-09     Document Type: Article

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