Identification of a novel anti-σE factor in Neisseria meningitidis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hopman, Carla Th P ^a   Speijer, Dave ^a   Van Der Ende, Arie ^a   Pannekoek, Yvonne ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE A; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE B; SIGMA E FACTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORULATION SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS; SPORULATION-SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYTOPLASM; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77952987449     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-164     Document Type: Article

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