The promoter architectural landscape of the Salmonella PhoP regulon

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 463-485

  Zwir, Igor ^a,b,c,d   Latifi, Tammy ^c,d   Perez, J Christian ^c,f   Huang, Henry ^c   Groisman, Eduardo A ^a,c,d,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; PHOP PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84859951838     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08036.x     Document Type: Article

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