Identification of cis-acting DNA sequences involved in the transcription of the virulence regulatory gene spvR in Salmonella typhimurium

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-235

  Kowarz, Laurence ^a   Robbe Saule, Véronique ^a   Norel, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Regulation; rpoS; Salmonella typhimurium; spv; Virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029885587     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050161     Document Type: Article

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