Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv sigC is expressed from two promoters but is not auto-regulatory

Tuberculosis

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-55

  Chang, Anchi ^a,b   Smollett, Katherine L ^a   Gopaul, Krishna K ^a,c   Chan, Bosco H Y ^a,d   Davis, Elaine O ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Canterbury Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Promoter activity; SigC

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; SIGMA FACTOR C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84856454428     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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