Role of cross talk in regulating the dynamic expression of the flagellar Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 and type 1 fimbrial genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5767-5777

  Saini, Supreet ^a   Slauch, James M ^a   Aldridge, Phillip D ^b   Rao, Christopher V ^a  

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

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMZ PROTEIN; FLIZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SPI1 PROTEIN, SALMONELLA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHASE TRANSITION; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 1; TYPE 1 FIMBRIA; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049412297     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00624-10     Document Type: Article

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