The staphylococcal accessory regulator (sar) represses transcription of the Staphylococcus aureus collagen adhesin gene (cna) in an agr-independent manner

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-326

  Blevins, Jon S ^a   Gillaspy, Allison F ^a,b   Rechtin, Tammy M ^a   Hurlburt, Barry K ^a   Smeltzer, Mark S ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLLAGEN; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPEN READING FRAMES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033035830     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01475.x     Document Type: Article

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