Temperature-regulated expression of bacterial virulence genes

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-166

  Konkel, Michael E ^a   Tilly, Kit ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Temperature; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PERTUSSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0034056597     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00272-0     Document Type: Review

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