SpxA1, a novel transcriptional regulator involved in X-state (competence) development in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 492-506

  Turlan, Catherine ^a   Prudhomme, Marc ^a   Fichant, Gwennaele ^a   Martin, Bernard ^a   Gutierrez, Claude ^a  

^a UPS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PHEROMONE; RNA POLYMERASE; SPXA1 PROTEIN; SPXA2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 67651222583     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06789.x     Document Type: Article

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