Relationships between H-NS, σ(S), SpvR and growth phase in the control of spvR, the regulatory gene of the Salmonella plasmid virulence operon

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-347

  Robbe Saule, V ^a   Schaeffer, F ^a   Kowarz, L ^a   Norel, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

DNA curvature; H NS; rpoS; Salmonella typhimurium; spv

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; LEUCINE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROLINE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030698210     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050577     Document Type: Article

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