Genetic and functional analyses of the mob operon on conjugative transposon CTn341 from Bacteroides spp.

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 4643-4650

  Peed, Lindsay ^a,b   Parker, Anita C ^a   Smith, C Jeffrey ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MOBA PROTEIN, BACTEROIDES; MOBB PROTEIN, BACTEROIDES; MOBC PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CONJUGATIVE TRANSPOSON 341; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOBA 341; MOBB 341; MOBC 341; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; TRANSPOSON; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; TETRACYCLINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 77956546407     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00317-10     Document Type: Article

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