Identification of competence pheromone responsive genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae by use of DNA microarrays

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1051-1070

  Peterson, Scott N ^a,c   Sung, Chang Kyoo ^b   Cline, Robin ^a   Desai, Bhushan V ^b   Snesrud, Erik C ^a   Luo, Ping ^b   Walling, Jennifer ^a   Li, Haiying ^b   Mintz, Michelle ^c   Tsegaye, Getahun ^a   Burr, Patrick C ^a   Do, Yu ^a   Ahn, Susie ^a   Gilbert, Joseph ^a   Fleischmann, Robert D ^a   Morrison, Donald A ^b  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE COMX; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PHEROMONES; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 10744228370     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03907.x     Document Type: Article

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