Development of a tunable wide-range gene induction system useful for the study of streptococcal toxin-antitoxin systems

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6375-6384

  Xie, Zhoujie ^a   Qi, Fengxia ^a,b   Merritt, Justin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BASAL EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC SYSTEMS; GENETIC TOOLS; MAXIMUM LEVELS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AEROBIC BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PROKARYOTE; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; XYLOSE;

EID: 84885065840     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02320-13     Document Type: Article

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