Identification of rocA, a positive regulator of covR expression in the group A streptococcus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3081-3090

  Biswas, Indranil ^a   Scott, June R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COVR GENE; FUSION GENE; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; ROCA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A'; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP C'; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP G'; TRIXIS;

EID: 0038643292     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.10.3081-3090.2003     Document Type: Article

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