Inhibition of transcription in Staphylococcus aureus by a primary sigma factor-binding polypeptide from phage G1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3763-3771

  Dehbi, Mohammed ^a,d   Moeck, Gregory ^a   Arhin, Francis F ^a   Bauda, Pascale ^a   Bergeron, Dominique ^a   Kwan, Tony ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   McCarty, John ^a   DuBow, Michael ^b   Pelletier, Jerry ^c  

^a Targanta Therapeutics Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOENZYME; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE G1ORF67; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PEPTIDE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE G1; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 67549101421     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00241-09     Document Type: Article

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