Enterococcus faecalis virulence regulator FsrA binding to target promoters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1527-1532

  Del Papa, María Florencia ^a,b   Perego, Marta ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FSRABDC PROTEIN; GELATINASE; GELATINASE BIOSYNTHESIS ACTIVATING PHEROMONE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA BINDING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FSRB GENE; GELE GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79952780125     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01522-10     Document Type: Article

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