Regulatory roles of spnT, a novel gene located within transposon TnTIR

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 348, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1038-1046

  Wei, Jun Rong ^a   Soo, Po Chi ^a   Horng, Yu Tze ^a   Hsieh, Shang Chen ^a   Tsai, Yu Huan ^a   Swift, Simon ^c   Withers, Helen ^c   Williams, Paul ^d   Lai, Hsin Chih ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Quorum sensing; Serratia marcescens; Sliding; SpnT

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; DNA C; NUCLEASE; PRIA PROTEIN; PRODIGIOSIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SPNI PROTEIN; SPNR PROTEIN; SPNT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION INHIBITION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; PRODIGIOSIN; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 33747200892     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.152     Document Type: Article

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