Transcriptional analysis of mga, a regulatory gene in Streptococcus pyogenes: Identification of monocistronic and bicistronic transcripts that phase vary

Gene

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 125-134

  Bormann, N E ^a   Cleary, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; Virulence regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIFAMPICIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030782321     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00392-2     Document Type: Article

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