Histone-like proteins and the Shigella invasivity regulon

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 461-468

  Prosseda, Gianni ^a   Falconi, Maurizio ^b   Nicoletti, Mauro ^c   Casalino, Mariassunta ^d   Micheli, Gioacchino ^a   Colonna, Bianca ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

EIEC; Histone like proteins; Nucleoid; pINV plasmid; Shigella; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; HEAT UNSTABLE NUCLEOTIDE PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOTIDE STRUCTURING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; PROTEIN BPH2; PROTEIN VIRF; SUPPRESSOR OF TD MUTANT PHENOTYPE A PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; REGULON; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

SHIGELLA;

EID: 0036033854     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(02)01346-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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