Transcriptional regulation of type III secretion genes in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Ler antagonizes H-NS-dependent repression

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 664-678

  Bustamante, V H ^a   Santana, F J ^a   Calva, E ^a   Puente, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN LER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035136207     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02209.x     Document Type: Article

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