In vivo, fliC expression by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is heterogeneous, regulated by ClpX, and anatomically restricted

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 795-809

  Cummings, Lisa A ^a   Wilkerson, W David ^a   Bergsbaken, Tessa ^a   Cookson, Brad T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CLPX PROTEASE ENZYME; FLIC ANTIGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLHD GENE; FLIA GENE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPH NODES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PEYER'S PATCHES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGMA FACTOR; SPLEEN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33748329474     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05271.x     Document Type: Article

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