Regulation of finP transcription by DNA adenine methylation in the virulence plasmid of Salmonella enterica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 5691-5699

  Camacho, Eva M ^a   Serna, Ana ^a   Madrid, Cristina ^b   Marqués, Silvia ^a,d   Fernández, Raúl ^c   De La Cruz, Fernando ^c   Juárez, Antonio ^b   Casadesús, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FINP GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA METABOLISM; RNA STABILITY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRAJ GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REPRESSION;

ADENINE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE DOSAGE; LAC OPERON; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 23644445360     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.16.5691-5699.2005     Document Type: Article

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