Microarray-based analysis of the Staphylococcus aureus σB regulon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4085-4099

  Bischoff, Markus ^a   Dunman, Paul ^b   Kormanec, Jan ^d   Macapagal, Daphne ^b   Murphy, Ellen ^b   Mounts, William ^c   Berger Bächi, Brigitte ^a   Projan, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WYETH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Cambridge Genomics Center   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOPROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN AGR; RNA III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGMA B REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 3042610199     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4085-4099.2004     Document Type: Article

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