Mycobacterium tuberculosis acg gene is required for growth and virulence in vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hu, Yanmin ^a   Coates, Anthony R M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROFURAN; NITROFURANTOIN; NITROREDUCTASE;

ACG GENE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; RV2030C GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

MURINAE; MUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITROREDUCTASES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958113171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020958     Document Type: Article

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