Characterization of DNA binding sites of the ComE response regulator from Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3642-3652

  Hung, David C I ^a   Downey, Jennifer S ^a   Ayala, Eduardo A ^a   Kreth, Jens ^b   Mair, Richard ^c   Senadheera, Dilani B ^c   Qi, Fengxia ^d   Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^c   Shi, Wenyuan ^e   Goodman, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMC PROTEIN; COME PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 79960398983     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00155-11     Document Type: Article

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