cis- and trans-Acting elements involved in regulation of aniA, the gene encoding the major anaerobically induced outer membrane protein in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 541-551

  Householder, Tracey C ^a   Belli, Wesley A ^a,c   Lissenden, Sarah ^b   Cole, Jeffrey A ^b   Clark, Virginia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANIA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0032900379     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.541-551.1999     Document Type: Article

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