Mutational Analysis of the Respiratory Nitrate Transporter NarK2 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Giffin, Michelle M ^a   Raab, Ronald W ^b   Morganstern, Melissa ^b   Sohaskey, Charles D ^a  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; NITRATE; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN NARK2; PROTEIN NASA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NARK2 GENE; NASA GENE; NITRATE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTONS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84866481440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045459     Document Type: Article

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