Transcriptional regulation of divergent capsule biosynthesis and transport operon promoters in serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2502-2511

  Tzeng, Y L ^a   Swartley, J S ^a   Miller, Y K ^a   Nisbet, R E ^a   Liu, L J ^a   Ahn, J H ^a   Stephens, D S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCAPSULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035084662     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.2502-2511.2001     Document Type: Article

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