Impact of the deletion of the six mce operons in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 590-599

  Klepp, Laura I ^a   Forrellad, Marina A ^a   Osella, Ana V ^b   Blanco, Federico C ^a   Stella, Emma J ^b   Bianco, María Verónica ^a   Santangelo, María de la Paz ^a   Sassetti, Cristopher ^d   Jackson, Mary ^c   Cataldi, Angel A ^a   Bigi, Fabiana ^a   Morbidoni, Héctor R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell envelope; Mce operons; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis attenuation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MCE PROTEIN; MCE4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIQUID CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CHOLESTEROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPERON; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84862254249     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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