The Enterococcus faecalis pyr operon is regulated by autogenous transcriptional attenuation at a single site in the 5' leader

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1324-1329

  Ghim, Sa Youl ^a,c   Charles C, Kim ^b,c   Bonner, Eric R ^c   D'Elia, John N ^c   Grabner, Gail K ^c   Switzer, Robert L ^c  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CISTRON; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0344527946     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1324-1329.1999     Document Type: Article

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