Upstream short sequence repeats regulate expression of the alpha C protein of group B Streptococcus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 977-991

  Puopolo, Karen M ^a   Madoff, Lawrence C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALPHA C PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; START CODON; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CODON, INITIATOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0242521361     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03745.x     Document Type: Article

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