Identification of the sigB operon in Staphylococcus epidermidis: Construction and characterization of a sigB deletion mutant

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 7933-7936

  Kies, S ^a   Otto, M ^a   Vuong, C ^a   Gotz F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DELETION MUTANT; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MUTATION; OPERON; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0035189389     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.12.7933-7936.2001     Document Type: Article

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