Regulation and consequence of serine catabolism in Streptococcus pyogenes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2002-2012

  LaSarre, Breah ^a   Federle, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; SDHBA PROTEIN; SERINE; SLOR PROTEIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; SPY49 0126C; STREPTOLYSIN O; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA PURIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SERINE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 79955367512     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01516-10     Document Type: Article

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