Degradation of the HilC and HilD regulator proteins by ATP-dependent Lon protease leads to downregulation of Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 gene expression

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 839-852

  Takaya, Akiko ^a   Kubota, Yohsuke ^a   Isogai, Emiko ^b   Yamamoto, Tomoko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; HILC PROTEIN; HILD PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALF LIFE TIME; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEASE LA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 13444282397     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04425.x     Document Type: Article

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