Length of thymidine homopolymeric repeats modulates promoter activity of sabA in Helicobacter pylori

Helicobacter

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-209

  Kao, Cheng Yen ^a   Sheu, Shew Meei ^a   Sheu, Bor Shyang ^a   Wu, Jiunn Jong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; SabA; Slipped strand mispairing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID BINDING ADHESIN PROTEIN; THYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; THYMIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84860183759     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2012.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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