Crystal structures of SarA, a pleiotropic regulator of virulence genes in S. aureus

Nature

Volumn 409, Issue 6817, 2001, Pages 215-219

  Schumacher, Maria A ^a,b   Hurlburt, Barry K ^c   Brennan, Richard G ^a  

^a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ^*  (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035843172     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35051623     Document Type: Article

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