Identification of DNA binding sites for ComE, a key regulator of natural competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 817-827

  Ween, Ola ^a   Gaustad, Peter ^b   Håvarstein, Lelv Sigve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PROBES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032790625     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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