Expression of the naphthoate synthase gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a self-generated oxygen depleted liquid culture system

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 610-613

  Ramchandra, Prathna ^a   Sturm, A Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

MenB; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Naphtoate synthase; Oxygen depletion; Survival mechanism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MENAQUINONE; NAPHTHOATE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN; RNA 16S; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; INCUBATION TIME; LIQUID CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYDRO-LYASES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VITAMIN K 2;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78650579970     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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