Detection of other microbial species by Salmonella: Expression of the SdiA regulon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1357-1366

  Smith, Jenée N ^a   Ahmer, Brian M M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; LACTONE; LUCIFERASE; LUXI PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; SDIA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; SALMONELLA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; REGULON; SALMONELLA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0037315051     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1357-1366.2003     Document Type: Article

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