Mycolactone gene expression is controlled by strong SigA-like promoters with utility in studies of Mycobacterium ulcerans and buruli ulcer

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Tobias, Nicholas J ^a   Seemann, Torsten ^b   Pidot, Sacha J ^a   Porter, Jessica L ^a   Marsollier, Laurent ^c   Marion, Estelle ^c,d   Letournel, Franck ^e   Zakir, Tasnim ^a   Azuolas, Joseph ^f   Wallace, John R ^g   Hong, Hui ^h   Davies, John K ^a   Howden, Benjamin P ^a,i   Johnson, Paul D R ⁱ   Jenkin, Grant A ^a   Stinear, Timothy P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^g MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYCOLACTONE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN MLSA1; PROTEIN MLSA2; PROTEIN MLSB; PROTEIN MUP038; PROTEIN MUP045; PROTEIN MUP053; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BURULI ULCER; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; LARVA; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BURULI ULCER; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 73449119557     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000553     Document Type: Article

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