The Rv1651c-encoded PE-PGRS30 protein expressed in Mycobacterium smegmatis exhibits polar localization and modulates its growth profile

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-199

  Chatrath, Shweta ^a   Gupta, Vineet Kumar ^a   Dixit, Aparna ^b   Garg, Lalit C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Growth kinetics; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PE PGRS

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROLINE GLUTAMIC ACID POLYMORPHIC GC RICH REPETITIVE SEQUENCE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LETTER; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80051667457     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02354.x     Document Type: Letter

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