Global regulation of Staphylococcus aureus genes by Rot

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 610-619

  Said Salim B ^c   Dunman, P M ^c   McAleese, F M ^a   Macapagal, D ^c   Murphy, E ^c   McNamara, P J ^c   Arvidson, S ^b   Foster, T J ^c   Projan, S J ^c   Kreiswirth, B N ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ROT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037228459     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.2.610-619.2003     Document Type: Article

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