Transcription of clpP is enhanced by a unique tandem repeat sequence in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1056-1065

  Zhang, Jiaqin ^a,b   Banerjee, Anirban ^a,d   Biswas, Indranil ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MS 3029 ^*  (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESS; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 63449125161     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01436-08     Document Type: Article

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