Novel group of virulence activators within the AraC family that are not restricted to upstream binding sites

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 186-193

  Munson, G P ^a   Holcomb, L G ^a   Scott, J R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0035159950     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.1.186-193.2001     Document Type: Article

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