In vivo analysis of the interactions of the Lysr-like regulator SpvR with the operator sequences of the spvA and spvR virulence genes of Salmonella typhimurium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-105

  Sheehan, Brian J ^a   Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DIMETHYL SULFATE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031712025     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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