Functional analysis of ssaJ and the ssaK/U operon, 13 genes encoding components of the type III secretion apparatus of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 155-167

  Hensel, Michael ^a   Shea, Jacqueline E ^b   Raupach, Bärbel ^c   Monack, Denise ^c   Falkow, Stanley ^c   Gleeson, Colin ^b   Kubo, Toru ^b   Holden, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; YERSINIA;

EID: 0030941952     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3271699.x     Document Type: Article

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