Control of streptokinase gene expression in group A & C streptococci by two-component regulators

Indian Journal of Medical Research, Supplement

Volumn 119, Issue MAY, 2004, Pages 48-56

  Malke, Horst ^a   Steiner, Kerstin ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

CovR; FasA; Phylogenetic tree of FasA; Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

DNA; STREPTOKINASE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOKINASE;

EID: 3442879547     PISSN: 03679012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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