Analysis of bvgR Expression in Bordetella pertussis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6902-6912

  Merkel, Tod J ^a,b   Boucher, Philip E ^a   Stibitz, Scott ^a   Grippe, Vanessa K ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BVGA; PROTEIN BVGR; PROTEIN BVGS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0345256338     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.23.6902-6912.2003     Document Type: Article

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