Iron storage proteins are essential for the survival and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in THP-1 macrophages and the guinea pig model of infection

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 567-575

  Reddy, P Vineel ^a   Puri, Rupangi Verma ^a   Khera, Aparna ^a   Tyagi, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BFRA PROTEIN; BFRB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON STORAGE; LUNG INJURY; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IRON; MACROPHAGES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI (CLASS); CAVIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84855937975     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05553-11     Document Type: Article

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