Inhibition of rot translation by RNAIII, a key feature of agr function

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1038-1048

  Geisinger, Edward ^a   Adhikari, Rajan P ^a   Jin, Ruzhong ^a   Ross, Hope F ^a   Novick, Richard P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN AGR; RNA III; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ROT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PLEIOTROPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33746561248     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05292.x     Document Type: Article

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