Adaptor protein MecA is a negative regulator of the expression of late competence genes in Streptococcus thermophilus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1777-1788

  Boutry, Céline ^a   Wahl, Astrid ^a   Delplace, Brigitte ^a   Clippe, André ^a   Fontaine, Laetitia ^a   Hols, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLPC PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR COMX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84860341398     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06800-11     Document Type: Article

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