Promoter analysis of Helicobacter pylori genes with enhanced expression at low pH

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1225-1239

  McGowan, Catherine C ^a   Necheva, Antoaneta S ^a   Forsyth, Mark H ^c   Cover, Timothy L ^a,b   Blaser, Martin J ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; STOMACH MUCOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0038460080     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03500.x     Document Type: Article

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