Regulation of the intercellular adhesin locus regulator (icaR) by SarA, σB, and IcaR in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6530-6533

  Cerca, Nuno ^a   Brooks, Jamie L ^a   Jefferson, Kimberly K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SMAD ANCHOR FOR RECEPTOR ACTIVATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN LOCUS REGULATOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 52649121848     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00482-08     Document Type: Article

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