Comparative analysis of transcriptional regulatory elements of glutamate-dependent acid-resistance systems of Shigella flexneri and Escherichia coli O157:H7

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-147

  Bhagwat, Arvind A ^a   Bhagwat, Medha ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteropathogens; Glutamate decarboxylase; Microbial food safety

Indexed keywords

ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GADA GENE; GADBC GENE; GADE GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HDEA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RPOS GENE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 1942502288     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.03.020     Document Type: Article

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