Virulence regulators RfaH and YaeQ do not operate in the same pathway

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 272, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 489-496

  Vicari, D ^a   Artsimovitch, I ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitermination; RfaH; Transcription; YaeQ

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR RFAH; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR YAEQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 13244296852     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-004-1065-x     Document Type: Article

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