Characterization of cis-acting sites controlling arginine deiminase gene expression in Streptococcus gordonii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 941-949

  Zeng, Lin ^a   Dong, Yiqian ^a,b   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN; CCPA PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARCA GENE; ARCR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CCPA GENE; DENTAL HEALTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 31344444145     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.941-949.2006     Document Type: Article

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