Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv has a single nucleotide polymorphism in PHoR which affects cell wall hydrophobicity and gene expression

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 765-773

  Schreuder, L J ^a   Carroll, P ^a   Muwanguzi Karugaba, J ^a   Kokoczka, Rachel ^b   Brown, Amanda C ^a   Parish, T ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LIF PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOR PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL FUNCTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UPREGULATION; ALLELE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84965032297     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000036     Document Type: Article

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