Tex, a putative transcriptional accessory factor, is involved in pathogen fitness in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 199-206

  He, Xiangyun ^a   Thornton, Justin ^a   Carmicle Davis, Stephanie ^a   McDaniel, Larry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathogen fitness; Pneumococcus; Tex

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; NUCLEASE S1; NUCLEIC ACID; PNEUMOLYSIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH CURVE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHWESTERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, SOUTHWESTERN; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33750298420     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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