Repression of the RcsC-YojN-RcsB phosphorelay by the IgaA protein is a requisite for Salmonella virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1437-1449

  Domínguez Bernal, Gustavo ^a   Pucciarelli, M Graciela ^a   Ramos Morales, Francisco ^b   García Quintanilla, Meritxell ^b   Cano, David A ^b,c   Casadesús, Josep ^b   García Del Portillo, Francisco ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN INTRACELLULAR GROWTH ATTENUATOR A; PROTEIN RCSB; PROTEIN RCSC; PROTEIN YOJN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 4444221557     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04213.x     Document Type: Article

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