A novel campylobacter jejuni two-component regulatory system important for temperature-dependent growth and colonization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3298-3302

  Brás, Ana M ^c   Chatterjee, Shimonti ^c   Wren, Brendan W ^c   Newell, Diane G ^a   Ketley, Julian M ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0344171894     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3298-3302.1999     Document Type: Article

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