Comparative genomics reveal novel heat shock regulatory mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus and other Gram-positive bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1061-1073

  Chastanet, Arnaud ^a   Fert, Juliette ^a   Msadek, Tarek ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CTSR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE HRCA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEAT SHOCK; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHAPERONINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEAT; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037329158     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03355.x     Document Type: Article

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