Characterization of the OxyR regulon of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-68

  Seib, Kate L ^a,c   Wu, Hsing Ju ^a,d   Srikhanta, Yogitha N ^a   Edwards, Jennifer L ^b,e   Falsetta, Megan L ^b   Hamilton, Amanda J ^a   Maguire, Tina L ^a   Grimmond, Sean M ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^b   McEwan, Alastair G ^a   Jennings, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^e THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; UPREGULATION; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; WILD TYPE;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 33845706489     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05478.x     Document Type: Article

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