A novel regulatory mechanism for a novel phase-variable outer membrane protein of Escherichia coli

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 412, Issue , 1997, Pages 349-355

  Henderson, Ian R ^a   Meehan, Mary ^a   Owen, Peter ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SWITCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030913437     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1828-4_56     Document Type: Article

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