Agr-independent regulation of fibronectin-binding protein(s) by the regulatory locus sar in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 230-243

  Wolz, Christiane ^a,b   Pöhlmann Dietze, Petra ^b   Steinhuber, Andrea ^b   Chien, Yueh Tyng ^a   Manna, Adhar ^a,c   Van Wamel, Willem ^a,c   Cheung, Ambrose ^a,c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOTINYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; FIBRONECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034036997     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01853.x     Document Type: Article

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