A chromosomally encoded regulator is required for expression of the Yersinia enterocolitica inv gene and for virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 677-685

  Revell, Paula A ^a   Miller, Virginia L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; INVASIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSPOSON; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0033975434     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01740.x     Document Type: Article

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