YscM1 and YscM2, two Yersinia enterocolitica proteins causing downregulation of yop transcription

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 833-843

  Stainier, Isabelle ^a   Iriarte, Maite ^a   Cornelis, Guy R ^a  

^a International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030698085     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.6281995.x     Document Type: Article

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