Three paralogous LysR-type transcriptional regulators control sulfur amino acid supply in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3464-3473

  Sperandio, Brice ^a,b   Gautier, Céline ^a   Pons, Nicolas ^a   Ehrlich, Dusko S ^a   Renault, Pierre ^a   Guédon, Eric ^a,b  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; PROTEIN HOMR; PROTEIN LYSR; PROTEIN METR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SERINE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; CYSK GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GSHT GENE; METBC GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TCYABC GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

STREPTOCOCCACEAE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 77954373711     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00119-10     Document Type: Article

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