Rot repression of enterotoxin B expression in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5301-5309

  Tseng, Ching Wen ^a   Stewart, George C ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN B; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; ROT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 22544464687     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.15.5301-5309.2005     Document Type: Article

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