Transfer activation of SXT/R391 integrative and conjugative elements: Unraveling the SetCD regulon

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2045-2056

  Poulin Laprade, Dominic ^a   Matteau, Dominick ^a   Jacques, Pierre Etienne ^a   Rodrigue, Sebastien ^a   Burrus, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; OPERATOR GENE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84941026346     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv071     Document Type: Article

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