Transcriptional regulation of the yghJ-pppA-yghG-gspCDEFGHIJKLM cluster, encoding the type II secretion pathway in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 142-150

  Yang, Ji ^b   Baldi, Deborah L ^b   Tauschek, Marija ^b   Strugnell, Richard A ^b   Robins Browne, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN STPA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GSPCDEFGHIJKLM GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PPPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SECRETION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YGHG GENE; YGHJ GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33845929576     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01115-06     Document Type: Article

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