Identification of a novel prophage regulator in Escherichia coli controlling the expression of type III secretion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 208-223

  Flockhart, Allen F ^a   Tree, Jai J ^a   Xu, Xuefang ^a   Karpiyevich, Maryia ^a   McAteer, Sean P ^a   Rosenblum, Ronen ^b   Shaw, Darren J ^a   Low, Christopher J ^a   Best, Angus ^c   Gannon, Victor ^d   Laing, Chad ^d   Murphy, Kenan C ^e   Leong, John M ^e   Schneiders, Thamarai ^b   La Ragione, Roberto ^c,f   Gally, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROPHAGES; SHEEP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84155163037     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07927.x     Document Type: Article

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