Characterization of two novel regulatory genes affecting Salmonella invasion gene expression

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 635-646

  Altier, Craig ^a   Suyemoto, Mitsu ^a   Ruiz, Angela I ^b   Burnham, Kara D ^b   Maurer, Russell ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHROMOSOME DELETION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEIRA; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033972539     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01734.x     Document Type: Article

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