Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene Rv2136c is dispensable for acid resistance and virulence in mice

Tuberculosis

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 343-347

  Darby, Crystal M ^a,b   Venugopal, Aditya ^a   Ehrt, Sabine ^a   Nathan, Carl F ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Mycobacterium; Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE RV2136C; GENETIC SCREENING; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOMES; PHENOTYPE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80052705820     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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