Expression of tmRNA in mycobacteria is increased by antimicrobial agents that target the ribosome

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-179

  Andini, Nadya ^a,b   Nash, Kevin A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium; TmRNA; Trans translation

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; BCG VACCINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MESSENGER RNA; OFLOXACIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIFABUTIN; RNA PRECURSOR; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIAL GENE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RIBOSOME; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; UPREGULATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 80051665522     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02350.x     Document Type: Letter

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