The regulation of sulfur metabolism in mycobacterium tuberculosis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Hatzios, Stavroula K ^a   Bertozzi, Carolyn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR METABOLIZING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL HYPOXIA; CELL STRESS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFATE METABOLISM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SULFATES; SULFUR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79960957242     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002036     Document Type: Review

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