Global analysis of transcriptional regulators in Staphylococcus aureus

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ibarra, Jose Antonio ^a,c   Pérez Rueda, Ernesto ^b   Carroll, Ronan K ^a   Shaw, Lindsey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Firmicutes; Gene evolution; Staphylococacceae; Transcriptional regulators; Virulence

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84874199986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-126     Document Type: Article

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