Identification of the promoter regions and σs-dependent regulation of the gadA and gadBC genes associated with glutamate-dependent acid resistance in Shigella flexneri

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 155-160

  Waterman, Scott R ^a   Small, P L C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; gadC; Glutamate decarboxylase; RpoS; Shigella flexneri

Indexed keywords

ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GADA GENE; GADB GENE; GADC GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0142075183     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00508-1     Document Type: Article

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