Identification of a novel transcriptional regulator involved in pilC1 regulation in Neisseria meningitidis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-147

  Jamet, Anne ^a,b   Rousseau, Clotilde ^a,b   Monfort, Jean Benoît ^a,b   Nassif, Xavier ^a,b,c   Martin, Patricia ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Meningococcus; Transcriptional factor; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

PILC1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST CELL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 77149158786     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01894.x     Document Type: Article

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