Evolution of transcription regulatory genes is linked to niche specialization in the bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4163-4172

  Bessen, Debra E ^a   Manoharan, Anand ^a   Luo, Feng ^a   Wertz, John E ^a   Robinson, D Ashley ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 20444476771     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.12.4163-4172.2005     Document Type: Article

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