Activation of the vrg6 promoter of Bordetella pertussis by RisA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1648-1658

  Cróinín, Tadhg Ó ^a,c   Grippe, Vanessa K ^a   Merkel, Tod J ^a,b  

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

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

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BVGA PROTEIN; BVGR PROTEIN; BVGS PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RISA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VRAA PROTEIN; VRAB PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; RISA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VRG6 GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 14244258276     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.5.1648-1658.2005     Document Type: Article

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