Transcriptional regulation of the capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis locus of streptococcus pneumoniae: A bioinformatic analysis

DNA Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-186

  Moscoso, Miriam ^a   García, Ernesto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioinformatic analysis; Capsular polysaccharide; Operator sequences; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALIA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CPSA GENE; DEXB GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70149097428     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsp007     Document Type: Article

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