Rgg is a positive transcriptional regulator of the Streptococcus gordonii gtfG gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5826-5830

  Sulavik, Mark C ^a,c   Clewell, Don B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029796450     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5826-5830.1996     Document Type: Article

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