Identification of PhoP-PhoQ activated genes within a duplicated region of the Salmonella typhimurium chromosome

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-90

  Gunn, John S ^a,c   Belden, William J ^b   Miller, Samuel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA duplication; Pag; PhoP PhoQ; Salmonella typhimurium; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DRYOBALANOPS; ENTERITIDIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; YERSINIA;

EID: 0031661588     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1998.0217     Document Type: Article

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