Regulation of mga transcription in the group a streptococcus: Specific binding of mga within its own promoter and evidence for a negative regulator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5373-5383

  Mciver, Kevin S ^a,b   Thurman, Alec S ^a   Scott, June R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0032884356     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5373-5383.1999     Document Type: Article

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