The signal peptide sequence of a lytic transglycosylase of Neisseria meningitidis is involved in regulation of gene expression

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1427-1437

  Serruto, Davide ^a   Galeotti, Cesira L ^a  

^a CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEADY STATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 2942536038     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26780-0     Document Type: Article

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