Regulation and characterization of rot transcription in Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1538-1545

  Manna, Adhar C ^a,b   Ray, Binata ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA; PROTEIN ROT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34248993709     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/004309-0     Document Type: Article

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