Silencing and reactivation of urease in Yersinia pestis is determined by one G residue at a specific position in the ureD gene

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 170-176

  Sebbane, F ^a   Devalckenaere, A ^a   Foulon, J ^a   Carniel, E ^a   Simonet, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UREASE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0035158923     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.1.170-176.2001     Document Type: Article

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