Regulation of bacterial virulence by two-component systems

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-152

  Beier, Dagmar ^a   Gross, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 33645881935     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.01.005     Document Type: Review

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