The Bvg accessory factor (Baf) enhances pertussis toxin expression in Escherichia coli and is essential for Bordetella pertussis viability

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-30

  Wood, Gwendolyn E ^a   Friedman, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bordetella; Bvg accessory factor; BvgAS; Pertussis toxin; Two component system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BVG ACCESSORY FACTOR; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CELL VIABILITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034562175     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00448-1     Document Type: Article

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