Global transcriptional profiling reveals Streptococcus agalactiae genes controlled by the MtaR transcription factor

BMC Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bryan, Joshua D ^a   Liles, Roxanne ^a   Cvek, Urska ^a,b   Trutschl, Marjan ^a,b   Shelver, Daniel ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; METHIONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MTAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHIONINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 59449104392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-607     Document Type: Article

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