Isolation and characterization of vicH, encoding a new pleiotropic regulator in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2026-2032

  Tendeng, Christian ^a   Badaut, Cyril ^a   Krin, Evelyne ^a   Gounon, Pierre ^a   Ngo, Saravuth ^a,c   Danchin, Antoine ^a   Rimsky, Sylvie ^a   Bertin, Philippe ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b U de Reg de l'Expression Genet   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SALICIN;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; REGULATOR GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034102966     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.2026-2032.2000     Document Type: Article

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