TP0262 is a modulator of promoter activity of tpr Subfamily II genes of Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1087-1099

  Giacani, Lorenzo ^a   Godornes, Charmie ^a   Puray Chavez, Maritza ^b   Guerra Giraldez, Cristina ^c   Tompa, Martin ^d   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a   Centurion Lara, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL SELVA AMAZÓNICA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TPRE GENE; TPRG GENE; TPRJ GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 65949096513     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06712.x     Document Type: Article

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