Mutation of the principal sigma factor causes loss of virulence in a strain of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

Collins, D M

Mutation of the principal sigma factor causes loss of virulence in a strain of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. [electronic resource] - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Aug 1995 - 8036-40 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

0027-8424

10.1073/pnas.92.17.8036 doi


Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Cloning, Molecular
Cosmids
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Complementation Test
Guinea Pigs
Molecular Sequence Data
Mycobacterium--genetics
Mycobacterium bovis--genetics
Mycobacterium tuberculosis--genetics
Open Reading Frames
Recombination, Genetic
Sequence Deletion
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Sigma Factor--genetics
Spleen--microbiology
Streptomyces griseus--genetics
Tuberculosis--physiopathology
Virulence--physiology