HilD, HilC and RtsA constitute a feed forward loop that controls expression of the SPI1 type three secretion system regulator hilA in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 691-705

  Ellermeier, Craig D ^a,c   Ellermeier, Jeremy R ^a   Slauch, James M ^a,b  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HILA; PROTEIN HILC; PROTEIN HILD; PROTEIN RTSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPLEEN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SEIRA;

EID: 22644442538     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04737.x     Document Type: Article

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