A GntR family transcription factor positively regulates mycobacterial isoniazid resistance by controlling the expression of a putative permease Microbial genetics, genomics and proteomics

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hu, Jialing ^a   Zhao, Lei ^a   Yang, Min ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GntR; Isoniazid; Mycobacteria; Permease

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PALINDROMIC DNA; PERMEASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GNTR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE; GENE DELETION; MS0535 GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ISONIAZID; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84944415162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0556-8     Document Type: Article

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