ComE, a competence protein from Neisseria gonorrhoeae with DNA-binding activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3160-3168

  Chen, Inês ^a,b   Gotschlich, Emil C ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN COME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0035026419     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.10.3160-3168.2001     Document Type: Article

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