The putative invasion protein chaperone SicA acts together with InvF to activate the expression of Salmonella typhimurium virulence genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 949-960

  Darwin, K Heran ^a   Miller, Virginia L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSION GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEIRA; SIGE; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033954608     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01772.x     Document Type: Article

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