Two highly related regulatory proteins, Shigella flexneri VirF and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Rns, have common and distinct regulatory properties

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-309

  Porter, Megan E ^a   Smith, Stephen G J ^a   Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Rns regulatory protein; Shigella flexneri; VirF regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

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

EID: 0032525315     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00138-4     Document Type: Article

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