Nitrogen metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis physiology and virulence

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 729-737

  Gouzy, Alexandre ^a,c   Poquet, Yannick ^a,b   Neyrolles, Olivier ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; HOST CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VIRULENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

CARBON; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITROGEN; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84922480180     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3349     Document Type: Article

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