Regulation of Escherichia coli Hemolysin E Expression by H-NS and Salmonella SlyA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1620-1628

  Wyborn, Neil R ^a   Stapleton, Melanie R ^a   Norte, Valia A ^a   Roberts, Ruth E ^a   Grafton, Jamie ^a   Green, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN E; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN SLYA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALMONELLA; STARVATION; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SALMONELLA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 1542286940     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.6.1620-1628.2004     Document Type: Article

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