O-antigen expression in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is regulated by nitrogen availability through RpoN-mediated transcriptional control of the rfaH gene

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3789-3799

  Bittner, Mauricio ^a   Saldías, Soledad ^a   Estévez, Claudia ^a   Zaldívar, Mercedes ^a   Marolda, Cristina L ^b   Valvano, Miguel A ^b   Contreras, Inés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide; Regulation; Sigma factor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RFAH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0042694603     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-12-3789     Document Type: Review

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