Regulation of sialic acid transport and catabolism in Haemophilus influenzae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-39

  Johnston, Jason W ^a   Zaleski, Anthony ^a   Allen, Simon ^b   Mootz, Joe M ^a   Armbruster, David ^c,e   Gibson, Bradford W ^b   Apicella, Michael A ^a   Munson Jr , Robert S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

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

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIALYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 34548673085     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05890.x     Document Type: Article

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