STM2209-STM2208 (opvAB): A phase variation locus of salmonella enterica involved in control of O-antigen chain length

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Cota, Ignacio ^a   Blanc Potard, Anne Béatrice ^b   Casadesús, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE P22; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONTENT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STM2208 GENE; STM2209 GENE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE P22; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; O ANTIGENS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84861010515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036863     Document Type: Article

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