Activator role of the pneumococcal mga-like virulence transcriptional regulator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4197-4207

  Solano Collado, Virtu ^a   Espinosa, Manuel ^a   Bravo, Alicia ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 84866316673     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00536-12     Document Type: Article

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