Analyzing the regulatory role of the higA antitoxin within Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4348-4356

  Fivian Hughes, Amanda S ^a   Davis, Elaine O ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; PROTEIN HIGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; HIGB GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956554242     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00454-10     Document Type: Article

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