Hfq virulence regulation in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain 86-24

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6843-6851

  Kendall, Melissa M ^a   Gruber, Charley C ^a   Rasko, David A ^b   Hughes, David T ^a   Sperandio, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84855845669     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06141-11     Document Type: Article

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