Pheromone cCF10 and plasmid pCF10-encoded regulatory molecules act post- transcriptionally to activate expression of downstream conjugation functions

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-294

  Sensing, Barbara A ^a   Manias, Dawn A ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030972775     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3301710.x     Document Type: Article

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