The Staphylococcus aureus ileS gene, encoding isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase, is a member of the T-box family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3767-3772

  Grundy, Frank J ^a   Haldeman, Margaret T ^a   Hornblow, Gillian M ^b   Ward, Judith M ^b   Chalker, Alison F ^b   Henkin, Tina M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceutical ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030970446     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3767-3772.1997     Document Type: Article

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