Two DNA-binding domains of Mga are required for virulence gene activation in the group A streptococcus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1591-1601

  McIver, Kevin S ^a   Myles, Rhonda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN EMM; PROTEIN MGA; PROTEIN SCPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE ACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULON; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0036267873     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02849.x     Document Type: Article

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