SarA level is a determinant of agr activation in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 991-1001

  Chien, Yueh Tyng ^a   Manna, Adhar C ^a   Cheung, Ambrose L ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031739401     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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