EilA, a HilA-like regulator in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 338-350

  Sheikh, Jalaluddin ^a   Dudley, Edward G ^a   Sui, Baoquan ^a   Tamboura, Boubou ^a   Suleman, Altaf ^a   Nataro, James P ^a  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AGGREGIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AIR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOFILM; EILA GENE; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REGULON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; YERSINIA;

EID: 33748506880     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05234.x     Document Type: Article

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