Dual promoters control expression of the Bacillus anthracis virulence factor AtxA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6483-6492

  Bongiorni, Cristina ^a,b   Fukushima, Tatsuya ^a   Wilson, Adam C ^a   Chiang, Christina ^a   Mansilla, M Cecilia ^a,c   Hoch, James A ^a   Perego, Marta ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 52649177799     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00766-08     Document Type: Article

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