The signal transducer (BlaRI) and the repressor (Blal) of the Staphylococcus aureus β-lactamase operon are inducible

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 803-810

  Clarke, S R ^a   Dyke, K G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Penicillin resistance; Promoter strength; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BLA Z PROTEIN; BLAL PROTEIN; BLARI PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE FUSION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035052314     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-4-803     Document Type: Article

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