Identification of cody targets in Bacillus anthracis by genome-wide In vitro binding analysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1204-1213

  Chateau A ^a,b,c,f   van Schaik, W ^a,b,g   Joseph, P ^c,h   Handke, L D ^c,i   McBride, S M ^c,j   Smeets, F M H ^a,b   Sonenshein, A L ^c   Fouet, A ^a,b,d,e  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h Deinove Cap Alpha   (France)

ⁱ PFIZER INC   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CODY PROTEIN; EAG PROTEIN; PAGR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGNALING LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION MOLECULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84874732763     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02041-12     Document Type: Article

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