Distinct mechanisms of DNA repair in mycobacteria and their implications in attenuation of the pathogen growth

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 138-146

  Kurthkoti, Krishna ^a   Varshney, Umesh ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

DNA damaging agents; Hypoxia; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYGUANINE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; URACIL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; FPG GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTY GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UDGB GENE; UNG GENE; UVRB GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL HYPOXIA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84860734902     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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