Identification and characterization of the loci encoding the competence-associated alternative σ factor of Streptococcus gordonii

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-34

  Heng, Nicholas C K ^a,b   Tagg, John R ^b   Tompkins, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competence associated factor; ComX ( X) homologue; Electroporation; Genetic transformation; Natural competence; Streptococcus gordonii

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; COMR1 GENE; COMR2 GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33646723496     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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