Transcriptional profiling of target of RNAIII-activating protein, a master regulator of staphylococcal virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6220-6228

  Korem, Moshe ^a   Gov, Yael ^a   Kiran, Madanahally D ^b   Balaban, Naomi ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DERIVATIVE; RNAIII ACTIVATING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGR GENE; ARC GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYR GENE; RNA ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; URE GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA POLYMERASE III; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 25444496440     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.10.6220-6228.2005     Document Type: Article

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