Transcriptional activation of Salmonella typhimurium invasion genes by a member of the phosphorylated response-regulator superfamily

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 715-727

  Johnston, Christine ^a   Pegues, David A ^b   Hueck, Christoph J ^a   Lee, Catherine A ^c   Miller, Samuel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEIRA; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029828326     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.d01-1719.x     Document Type: Article

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