Role of hha and ler in transcriptional regulation of the esp operon of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 7290-7301

  Sharma, Vijay K ^a   Zuerner, Richard L ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FUSION GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HHA GENE; LER GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 6044274611     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.21.7290-7301.2004     Document Type: Article

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