H-NS Represses Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium dsbA Expression during Exponential Growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 910-918

  Gallant, C V ^a   Ponnampalam, T ^a   Spencer, H ^a   Hinton, J C D ^b   Martin, N L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DISULFIDE; DISULFIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DISULFIDE BOND; DSBA GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN DISULFIDE-ISOMERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 1142298592     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.4.910-918.2004     Document Type: Article

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