Yersinia enterocolitica type III secretion: yscM1 and yscM2 regulate yop gene expression by a posttranscriptional mechanism that targets the 5′ untranslated region of yop mRNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5880-5893

  Cambronne, Eric D ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; UNTRANSLATED REGION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YOP GENE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0036838012     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.21.5880-5893.2002     Document Type: Article

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