The virulence regulator sae of Staphylococcus aureus: Promoter activities and response to phagocytosis-related signals

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3419-3428

  Geiger, Tobias ^a   Goerke, Christiane ^a   Mainiero, Markus ^a   Kraus, Dirk ^a   Wolz, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SAER PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRULENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 47049090160     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01927-07     Document Type: Article

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