Identification of a 5-nucleotide sequence that controls expression of the ica locus in Staphylococcus aureus and characterization of the DNA-binding properties of IcaR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 889-899

  Jefferson, Kimberly K ^a   Cramton, Sarah E ^b   Götz, Friedrich ^b   Pier, Gerald B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN ICAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOFILMS; CELL ADHESION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037678814     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03482.x     Document Type: Article

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