A competence regulon in Streptococcus pneumoniae revealed by genomic analysis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 929-939

  Campbell, Elizabeth A ^a   Choi, Sook Yung ^a   Masure, H Robert ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PHEROMONES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; UP-REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 7144229375     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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