Identifying regulators of transcription in an obligate intracellular pathogen: A metal-dependent repressor in Chlamydia trachomatis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1027-1036

  Wyllie, Susan ^a,b   Raulston, Jane E ^a,b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034995623     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02453.x     Document Type: Article

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