Cloning and characterization of bfpTVW, genes required for the transcriptional activation of bfpA in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 963-975

  Tobe, Toru ^a   Schoolnik, Gary K ^a   Sohel, Indira ^a   Bustamante, Victor H ^b   Puente, Jose Luis ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029849368     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.531415.x     Document Type: Article

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