Transcriptional regulation of the esp genes of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3409-3418

  Beltrametti, Fabrizio ^a   Kresse, Andreas U ^a   Guzmán, Carlos A ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ESP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033026656     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.11.3409-3418.1999     Document Type: Article

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