PerC and GrlA independently regulate Ler expression in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 398-415

  Bustamante, Víctor H ^a   Villalba, Miryam I ^a   García Angulo, Víctor A ^a   Vázquez, Alejandra ^a   Martínez, Luary C ^a   Jiménez, Rafael ^a   Puente, José L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GRLA GENE; LER GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PERC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80053977763     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07819.x     Document Type: Article

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