Role of nucleoid-associated proteins Hha and H-NS in expression of Salmonella enterica activators HilD, HilC, and RtsA required for cell invasion

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6882-6890

  Olekhnovich, Igor N ^a   Kadner, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAC PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN HHA; PROTEIN HILC; PROTEIN HILD; PROTEIN RTSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HILC GENE; HILD GENE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RTSA GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA, INTERGENIC; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 34948824379     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00905-07     Document Type: Article

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