AraC/XylS family members, HilD and HilC, directly activate virulence gene expression independently of HilA in Salmonella typhimurium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 715-728

  Akbar, Samina ^a,b   Schechter, Lisa M ^a,c   Lostroh, C Phoebe ^a,d   Lee, Catherine A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN HILA; PROTEIN HILC; PROTEIN HILD; PROTEIN SPI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0037244545     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03322.x     Document Type: Article

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