The polyphosphate kinase gene ppk2 is required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis inorganic polyphosphate regulation and virulence

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Chuang, Yu Min ^a   Belchis, Deborah A ^a   Karakousis, Petros C ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 9; ISONIAZID; POLYPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; MACROPHAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE 2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUNG; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

MURINAE; MUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; ISONIAZID; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84879560659     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00039-13     Document Type: Article

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