Transcriptional regulation of the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis pH 6 antigen adhesin by two envelope-associated components

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 499-510

  Yang, Youxu ^a   Isberg, Ralph R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMAGGLUTINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030915670     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3511719.x     Document Type: Article

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