Redundant group a streptococcus signaling peptides exhibit unique activation potentials

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 4310-4318

  LaSarre, Breah ^a   Chang, Jennifer C ^a   Federle, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PHEROMONE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; GENE DOSAGE; LUMINESCENCE; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; START CODON; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSLATION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84883279994     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00684-13     Document Type: Article

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