Survival mechanisms of pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis H 37Rv

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2416-2427

  Meena, Laxman S ^a   Rajni, T ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Host cell; Lysosome; Mycobacterium; Phagosome; Signaling transduction; Tuberculosis; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COAT PROTEIN; GLYCINE; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; RADICAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACIDIFICATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL WALL; GENE FUNCTION; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MACROPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOMES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS H37RV;

EID: 77952718880     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07666.x     Document Type: Review

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