Regulation of nleA in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O84:H4 strain 4795/97

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 832-841

  Schwidder, Maike ^a   Hensel, Michael ^b   Schmidt, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; NON LEE ENCODED EFFECTOR A PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING; REPORTER GENE; SALT STRESS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79551499796     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00582-10     Document Type: Article

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