The effect of MSMEG_6402 gene disruption on the cell wall structure of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 156-160

  Jiang, Tao ^a   He, Lianqi ^a   Zhan, Yaoyao ^b   Zang, Shizhu ^a   Ma, Yufang ^a   Zhao, Xiaojiao ^a   Zhang, Cuili ^a   Xin, Yi ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell wall structure; Decaprenyphosphoryl d arabinose (DPA); MSMEG_6402; Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155

Indexed keywords

ARABINOFURAN; ARABINOGALACTAN; ARABINOSE DERIVATIVE; DECAPRENYPHOSPHORYL DEXTRO ARABINOSE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; GALACTOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GALACTANS; GALACTOSE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79959330388     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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