Ribonucleotide Reductases of Salmonella Typhimurium: Transcriptional Regulation and Differential Role in Pathogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Panosa, Anaïs ^a,b   Roca, Ignasi ^a,c   Gibert, Isidre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROXYUREA; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYUREA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956202067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011328     Document Type: Article

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