Analysis of mutations in the Staphylococcus aureus clfB promoter leading to increased expression

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-109

  McAleese, Fionnuala M ^a   Foster, Timothy J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN CLFB; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WILD TYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; LAC OPERON; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037259206     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25842-0     Document Type: Review

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