Regulation of marA, soxS, rob, acrAB and micF in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 565-574

  Hartog, Efrat ^a   Ben Shalom, Lior ^a   Shachar, Dina ^a   Matthews, Karl R ^b   Yaron, Sima ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mar regulon; Resistance; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

DECANOIC ACID; PARAQUAT; SALICYLIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ACRAB GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MARRAB GENE; MICF GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; ROB GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOXS GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 59449109345     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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