Dysregulation of serine biosynthesis contributes to the growth defect of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis crp mutant

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 180-198

  Bai, Guangchun ^a,c   Schaak, Damen D ^a   Smith, Eric A ^a   Mcdonough, Kathleen A ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOSERINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RV0885 GENE; SERC GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SERINE; TRANSAMINASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80053260164     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07806.x     Document Type: Article

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