Neisserial correia repeat-enclosed elements do not influence the transcription of pil genes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5728-5736

  Lin, Ya Hsun ^a   Ryan, Catherine S ^a   Davies, John K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TYPE IV PILI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; CORREIA REPEAT ENCLOSED ELEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 80053608101     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05526-11     Document Type: Article

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