Involvement of fis in the H-NS-mediated regulation of virF gene of shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 439-452

  Falconi, Maurizio ^a   Prosseda, Gianni ^b   Giangrossi, Mara ^a   Beghetto, Elisa ^b,c   Colonna, Bianca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; HISTONE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SHIGELLA; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SHIGELLA; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0034767928     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02646.x     Document Type: Article

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