Studies of the repressor (Blal) of β-lactamase synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1025-1037

  Gregory, P D ^a,b   Lewis, R A ^a   Curnock, S P ^a   Dyke, K G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BETA LACTAMASE; LYSINE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE INDUCTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BINDING SITE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030610494     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4051770.x     Document Type: Article

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