Sigma-B, a putative operon encoding alternate sigma factor of Staphylococcus aureus RNA polymerase: Molecular cloning and DNA sequencing

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 6036-6042

  Wu, Shangwei ^a   De Lencastre, Herminia ^a,b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029818827     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.6036-6042.1996     Document Type: Article

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