Expression of the cold-shock gene cspB in Salmonella typhimurium occurs below a threshold temperature

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 697-704

  Craig, Jane E ^a,b   Boyle, David ^a   Francis, Kevin P ^a,c   Gallagher, Maurice P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ABFS (Microbiology)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Cold shock; CspB; Salmonella typhimurium; Temperature threshold

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COLD STRESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE ISOLATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031882715     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-3-697     Document Type: Article

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