DNA methylation-dependent regulation of Pef expression in Salmonella typhimurium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 728-742

  Nicholson, Brad ^a,b   David, Low ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

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

EID: 0033954345     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01743.x     Document Type: Article

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