Staphylococcus aureus competence genes: Mapping of the SigH, ComK1 and ComK2 regulons by transcriptome sequencing

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 557-579

  Fagerlund, Annette ^a   Granum, Per Einar ^a   Håvarstein, Leiv Sigve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN COMK1; PROTEIN COMK2; PROTEIN SIGH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGH PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULON; RNA SEQUENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84911979115     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12767     Document Type: Article

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