OmpR regulates the two-component system SsrA-SsrB in Salmonella pathogenicity island 2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 771-781

  Lee, Anthea K ^a   Detweiler, Corrella S ^a   Falkow, Stanley ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL SECRETION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SALMONELLA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033954447     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.3.771-781.2000     Document Type: Article

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