The rpoS-dependent starvation-stress response locus stiA encodes a nitrate reductase (narZYWV) required for carbon-starvation-inducible thermotolerance and acid tolerance in Salmonella typhimurium

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3035-3045

  Spector, Michael P ^a   Del Portillo, Francisco Garcia ^c,e   Bearson, Shawn M D ^b,f   Mahmud, Atif ^a   Magut, Maureen ^a   Finlay, B Brett ^c   Dougan, Gordon ^d   Foster, John W ^b   Pallen, Mark J ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Nitrate reductases; Starvation stress response; stiA; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032744664     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-11-3035     Document Type: Article

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