Poly-L-glutamate/glutamine synthesis in the cell wall of Mycobacterium bovis is regulated in response to nitrogen availability

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tripathi, Deeksha ^a   Chandra, Harish ^a   Bhatnagar, Rakesh ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Glutamine synthetase; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Poly L glutamine glutamate

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PEPTIDE; POLYGLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOFILMS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NITROGEN; PEPTIDES; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

EID: 84885347941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-226     Document Type: Article

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