The Per regulon of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli : identification of a regulatory cascade and a novel transcriptional activator, the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE)-encoded regulator (Ler).

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Published in Mol Microbiol on July 01, 1999

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J L Mellies1, S J Elliott, V Sperandio, M S Donnenberg, J B Kaper

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1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.

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