Regulatory organization of the staphylococcal sae locus

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 949-959

  Adhikari, Rajan P ^a   Novick, Richard P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SAE; PROTEIN SAEP; PROTEIN SAEQ; PROTEIN SAER; PROTEIN SAES; REGULATOR PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HEMOLYSIN; PROTEIN KINASE; SAER PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SAES PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON; REPORTER GENE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SUBSP. AUREUS NCTC 8325;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; REGULON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 42949131800     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/012245-0     Document Type: Article

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