DNA repair systems and the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Varying activities at different stages of infection

Clinical Science

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 187-202

  Gorna, Alina E ^a,b   Bowater, Richard P ^c   Dziadek, Jaroslaw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol droplet; DNA repair; Drug susceptibility infection; Granuloma; Macrophage; Mutation rate; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOMA; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BACTERIAL GENE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77956223304     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20100041     Document Type: Review

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