The CRISPR/Cas immune system is an operon regulated by LeuO, H-NS, and leucine-responsive regulatory protein in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2396-2407

  Medina Aparicio, L ^a   Rebollar Flores, J E ^a   Gallego Hernandez A L ^a   Vazquez A ^a   Olvera, L ^a   Gutierrez Rios R M ^a   Calva, E ^a   Hernandez Lucas I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 79956064746     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01480-10     Document Type: Article

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