Role of FimW, FimY, and FimZ in regulating the expression of type I fimbriae in salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3003-3010

  Saini, Supreet ^a   Pearl, Jeffrey A ^a   Rao, Christopher V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMW PROTEIN; FIMY PROTEIN; FIMZ PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FIMW PROTEIN, SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENOMIC ISLAND; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EUKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 65549102616     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01694-08     Document Type: Article

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