Transcriptional autoregulation by quorum sensing Escherichia coli regulators B and C (QseBC) in enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 441-455

  Clarke, Marcie B ^a   Sperandio, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 26944482365     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04819.x     Document Type: Article

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