Transcriptional starts for cytadherence-related operons of Mycoplasma genitalium

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-81

  Musatovova, Oxana ^a   Dhandayuthapani, Subramanian ^a   Baseman, Joel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Primer extension; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; S1 nuclease mapping

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CYTADHERENCE ACCESSORY PROTEIN; CYTADHERENCE ACCESSORY PROTEIN P110; CYTADHERENCE RELATED PROTEIN MG218; CYTADHESIN P140; PROTEIN MGPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 0345170076     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00789-4     Document Type: Article

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