Identification and characterization of mutants with increased expression of hilA, the invasion gene transcriptional activator of Salmonella typhimurium

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-35

  Fahlen, Thomas F ^a   Mathur, Nitin ^a   Jones, Bradley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

hilA; Invasion gene regulation; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL INVASION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85048645444     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2000.tb01453.x     Document Type: Article

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