Characterization of the SarA virulence gene regulator of staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-316

  Rechtin, Tammy M ^a   Gillaspy, Allison F ^a,c   Schumacher, Maria A ^b   Brennan, Richard G ^b   Smeltzer, Mark S ^a   Hurlburt, Barry K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032998632     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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