The nonmevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential and transcriptionally regulated by Dxs

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2424-2433

  Brown, Amanda C ^a   Eberl, Matthias ^b   Crick, Dean C ^c   Jomaa, Hassan ^d   Parish, Tanya ^a,e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^e INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHYL BUT 2 ENYL PYROPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; MESSENGER RNA; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRUVIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIPHOSPHATES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERPENES;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77951079037     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01402-09     Document Type: Article

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