Competence development by Haemophilus influenzae is regulated by the availability of nucleic acid precursors

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 700-707

  Macfadyen, Leah P ^a   Chen, David ^a   Vo, Hung C ^a   Liao, David ^a   Sinotte, Ryan ^a   Redfield, Rosemary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYCLIC AMP; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; NUCLEIC ACID PRECURSOR; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PURINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BINDING SITE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COMA GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REC2 GENE;

5'-GUANYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC AMP; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NUCLEIC ACID PRECURSORS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PURINE NUCLEOSIDES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035006343     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02419.x     Document Type: Article

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