Temperature-dependent conjugative transfer of R27: Role of chromosome- and plasmid-encoded Hha and H-NS proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3950-3959

  Forns, Núria ^a   Baños, Rosa C ^a   Balsalobre, Carlos ^a,b   Juárez, Antonio ^a   Madrid, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 20444465700     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.12.3950-3959.2005     Document Type: Article

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