Transcriptional profiling of XdrA, a new regulator of spa transcription in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5151-5164

  McCallum, N ^a   Hinds, J ^b   Ender, M ^a   Berger Bachi B ^a   Stutzmann Meier, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN XRDA; PROTEIN A; RNA; RNA III; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SARA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SARS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; RNAIII, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SARA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SARS PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; HEMOLYSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SPA BACTERIAL GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77957361332     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00491-10     Document Type: Article

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