Analysis in vitro and in vivo of the transcriptional regulator CrgA of Neisseria meningitidis upon contact with target cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 917-927

  Deghmane, Ala Eddine ^a,b   Giorgini, Dario ^a   Maigre, Laure ^a   Taha, Muhamed Kheir ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFATE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHYLATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TARGET CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 3843085215     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04167.x     Document Type: Article

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