Phage-associated mutator phenotype in group A streptococcus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6290-6301

  Scott, Julie ^a   Thompson Mayberry, Prestina ^a   Lahmamsi, Stephanie ^a   King, Catherine J ^a   McShan, W Michael ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN MUTL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EPISOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTL GENE; MUTS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MITOMYCIN; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 52649114804     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01569-07     Document Type: Article

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