Regulation of central metabolism genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by parallel feed-forward loops controlled by sigma factor E (σE)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1154-1160

  Datta, Pratik ^a   Shi, Lanbo ^a   Bibi, Nazia ^a   Balázsi, Gábor ^b   Gennaro, Maria Laura ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLTA1 PROTEIN; GLYOXYLIC ACID; ICL1 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR B; SIGMA FACTOR E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; IRPG GENE; IRPI GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXYGEN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79951599664     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00459-10     Document Type: Article

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