cis-Acting elements that regulate the low-pH-inducible urease operon on Streptococcus salivarius

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3599-3608

  Chen, Yi Ywan M ^a   Betzenhauser, Matthew J ^b   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

cis elements; Oral streptococci; pH regulation; Urease gene expression

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYTOSINE; THYMINE; TRINUCLEOTIDE; UREASE;

AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VECTOR; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0041848506     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3599     Document Type: Review

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