RtsA and RtsB coordinately regulate expression of the invasion and flagellar genes in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 5096-5108

  Ellermeier, Craig D ^a   Slauch, James M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN HILA; PROTEIN HILC; PROTEIN HILD; PROTEIN RTSA; PROTEIN RTSB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; SMALL INTESTINE;

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

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0041888342     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.17.5096-5108.2003     Document Type: Article

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