The role of Fur in the acid tolerance response of Salmonella typhimurium is physiologically and genetically separable from its role in iron acquisition

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5683-5691

  Hall, Holly K ^a,b   Foster, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENTEROCHELIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029818614     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5683-5691.1996     Document Type: Article

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