Recombinant reporter assay using transcriptional machinery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 646-653

  Banerjee, Rajdeep ^a   Rudra, Paulami ^a   Saha, Abinit ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Jayanta ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRP PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHOTOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RECOMBINANT REPORTER ASSAY; REPORTER GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84920842331     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02445-14     Document Type: Article

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