H-NS represses inv transcription in Yersinia enterocolitica through competition with RovA and interaction with YmoA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 5101-5112

  Ellison, Damon W ^a   Miller, Virginia L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33745889008     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00862-05     Document Type: Article

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