Novel genomic rearrangement that affects expression of the Streptococcus pyogenes streptolysin O (slo) gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1857-1869

  Savic, Dragutin J ^a   Ferretti, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT DNA; STREPTOLYSIN O;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOLYSINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0037336361     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.6.1857-1869.2003     Document Type: Article

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