Characterization of three new competence-regulated operons in Haemophilus influenzae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 6409-6421

  VanWagoner, Timothy M ^a,b   Whitby, Paul W ^a   Morton, Daniel J ^a   Seale, Thomas W ^a   Stull, Terrence L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c CHO 2308 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PULLULANASE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 4544346636     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.19.6409-6421.2004     Document Type: Article

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