The Teicoplanin-Associated Locus Regulator (TcaR) and the Intercellular Adhesin Locus Regulator (IcaR) Are Transcriptional Inhibitors of the ica Locus in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2449-2456

  Jefferson, Kimberly K ^a,c   Pier, Danielle B ^a   Goldmann, Donald A ^b   Pier, Gerald B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSTYRENE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TEICOPLANIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SLOT BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICOPLANIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 1842506694     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.8.2449-2456.2004     Document Type: Article

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