Characterization of the CpxRA regulon in Haemophilus ducreyi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4779-4791

  Labandeira Rey, Maria ^a   Brautigam, Chad A ^a   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CPXA PROTEIN; CPXR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA MICROARRAY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN KINASES; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78049419108     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00678-10     Document Type: Article

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