Coordinate regulation of Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI1) and SPI4 in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1024-1035

  Main Hester, Kara L ^a   Colpitts, Katherine M ^b   Thomas, Gracie A ^c,d   Fang, Ferric C ^a   Libby, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Roche Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOP PROTEIN; PROTEIN HILA; PROTEIN HILC; PROTEIN HILD; PROTEIN HILE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; HILA PROTEIN, SALMONELLA; HILC PROTEIN, SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; HILD PROTEIN, SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; PHOP PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL INVASION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HILE GENE; HNS GENE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OPS GENE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHOP GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 1; SALMONELLA PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 4; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; SIIA GENE; SIID GENE; SIIF GENE; SILENCER ELEMENT; SSIC GENE; SSIE GENE; SSIF GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 40749120149     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01224-07     Document Type: Article

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