ymoA, a Yersinia enterocolitica chromosomal gene modulating the expression of virulence functions.

R Cornelis, G; Sluiters, C; Delor, I; Geib, D; Kaniga, K; Lambert de Rouvroit, C; P Sory, M; C Vanooteghem, J; Michiels, T

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb01875.x

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ymoA, a Yersinia enterocolitica chromosomal gene modulating the expression of virulence functions.

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G R Cornelis

C Sluiters

I Delor

Abstract

The virulence functions of Yersinia enterocolitica include the pYV-encoded Yop proteins and YadA adhesin as well as the chromosome-encoded enterotoxin, Yst. The yop and yadA genes form a temperature-activated regulon controlled by the transcriptional activator VirF. Gene virF, also localized on pYV,...

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