Transcriptional analysis of different promoters in the sar locus in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3828-3836

  Manna, Adhar C ^a   Bayer, Manfred G ^a   Cheung, Ambrose L ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031829309     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.15.3828-3836.1998     Document Type: Article

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