Gene expression of mycobacterium tuberculosis putative transcription factors whib1-7 in redox environments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Larsson, Christer ^a   Luna, Brian ^a   Ammerman, Nicole C ^a   Maiga, Mamoudou ^a   Agarwal, Nisheeth ^b   Bishai, William R ^a,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Vaccine and Infectious Disease Research Center Translational Health Science and Technology Inst   (India)

^c AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; NITRIC OXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WHIB1 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SATURATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOXIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXYGEN SATURATION; WHIB1 7 GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL HYPOXIA; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84864050604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037516     Document Type: Article

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