Transcriptional regulation of aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans lsrACDBFG and lsrrk operons and their role in biofilm formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-65

  Torres Escobar, Ascenciónl ^a   Juárez Rodríguez, María Dolores ^a   Lamont, Richard J ^a   Demuth, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; LSRACDBFG PROTEIN; LSRRK PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATIBACTER; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; INVERTED REPEAT; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; OPERON; PASTEURELLACEAE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84872036897     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01476-12     Document Type: Article

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