ClpC acts as a negative regulator of competence in Streptococcus thermophilus

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1676-1684

  Biørnstad, Truls Johan ^a   Håvarstein, Leiv Sigve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLPC PROTEIN; COMX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 79958144557     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.046425-0     Document Type: Article

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