RpoS, H-NS, and DsrA influence EHEC hemolysin operon (ehxCABD) transcription in Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain EDL933

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-262

  Li, Haiping ^a   Granat, Anastasiya ^a   Stewart, Valley ^a   Gillespie, Jerry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DsrA; EHEC hemolysin; H NS; O157:H7; RpoS

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DSRA; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; OPERON; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SIGMA FACTOR; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 47349116549     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01240.x     Document Type: Article

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