The Shigella virulence gene regulatory cascade: A paradigm of bacterial gene control mechanisms

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 677-684

  Dorman, Charles J ^a   Porter, Megan E ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIRULENCE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0031904825     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00902.x     Document Type: Review

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