Regulation of minD by oxyR in neisseria gonorrhoeae

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 406-415

  Parti, Rajinder P ^a,b   Horbay, Monique A ^a,b,c   Liao, Mingmin ^a   Dillon, Jo Anne R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c University Preparation Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Min operon; MinD; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; OxyR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MIND PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MUTANT; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COLONY FORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84878662941     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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