Identification of another surface protein antigen I/II gene, paaB, and a putative transcriptional regulator gene, par, from Streptococcus cricetus

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 129-137

  Tamura, Haruki ^a   Yamada, Arisa ^a   Saito, Hiroko ^a   Murai, Shigeo ^a   Kato, Hirohisa ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigen I II; Gene walking; paaB; par; Streptococcus cricetus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIGEN PAAA; PROTEIN ANTIGEN PAAB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CRICETUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CRICETI; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 4544331123     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.79.129     Document Type: Article

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