CpxR/OmpR interplay regulates curli gene expression in response to osmolarity in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2038-2049

  Jubelin, Gregory ^a   Vianney, Anne ^a   Beloin, Christophe ^b   Ghigo, Jean Marc ^b   Lazzaroni, Jean Claude ^a   Lejeune, Philippe ^a   Dorel, Corinne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c U Microbiologie et Genet   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; PROTEIN CPXR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 14644435718     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.6.2038-2049.2005     Document Type: Article

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