Wax Ester Synthesis is Required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Enter In Vitro Dormancy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Sirakova, Tatiana D ^a   Deb, Chirajyoti ^a   Daniel, Jaiyanth ^a   Singh, Harminder D ^a   Maamar, Hedia ^a   Dubey, Vinod S ^a   Kolattukudy, Pappachan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ALCOHOL; GLYCEROL; ISONIAZID; NITRIC OXIDE; OLEIC ACID; OLEOYL COENZYME A; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RIFAMPICIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX; WAX ESTER DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORMANCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FCR1 GENE; FCR2 GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ACYL COENZYME A; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ALDEHYDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84871299489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051641     Document Type: Article

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