TB Research

Author response: Biosensor-integrated transposon mutagenesis reveals rv0158 as a coordinator of redox homeostasis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Somnath Shee, Reshma T Veetil, Karthikeyan Mohanraj, Mayashree Das, Nitish Malhotra, Devleena Bandopadhyay, Hussain Beig, Shalini Birua, et al. (19 authors)

Abstract

Genome-scale integration of transposon mutagenesis with a redox biosensor identified a hypothetical transcription factor- Rv0158 required to calibrate the growth, cytoplasmic redox potential, and respiration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in response to metabolic switching from glucose to fatty acids.

MeSH terms

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Transposon mutagenesis
  • Mutagenesis
  • Transposable element
  • Tuberculosis
  • Biology
  • Computational biology
  • Genetics