MtaR, a Regulator of Methionine Transport, Is Critical for Survival of Group B Streptococcus In Vivo

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6592-6599

  Shelver, Daniel ^a,c   Rajagopal, Lakshmi ^a   Harris, Theresa O ^a   Rubens, Craig E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; METHIONINE; MTAR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHIONINE; MUTATION; RATS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0242659183     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6592-6599.2003     Document Type: Article

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