Direct evidence for control of the pheromone-inducible prgQ operon of Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pCF10 by a countertranscript-driven attenuation mechanism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1634-1642

  Johnson, Christopher M ^a   Manias, Dawn A ^a   Haemig, Heather A H ^a   Shokeen, Sonia ^b   Weaver, Keith E ^b   Henkin, Tina M ^c   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN CCF10; PROTEIN PRGQ; PROTEIN PRGX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE INTERACTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 77949409711     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01525-09     Document Type: Article

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