Basis for the essentiality of H-NS family members in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 5101-5109

  Castang, Sandra ^a   Dove, Simon L ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN MVAT; PROTEIN MVAU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL KILLING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROPHAGES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84866426379     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00932-12     Document Type: Article

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