Phenotypic variability of β-glucoside utilization and its correlation to pathogenesis process in a few enteric bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 241-246

  Kharat, Arun Sidram ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Glucoside; Anti terminator; Cryptic gene; Enterobacteriaceae

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSIDES; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 0035972886     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00188-4     Document Type: Article

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