Osmoregulation of the HtrA (DegP) protease of Escherichia coli: An Hha-H-NS complex represses HtrA expression at low osmolarity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-80

  Forns, Núria ^a   Juárez, Antonio ^a   Madrid, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; H NS; Hha; HtrA; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN HTRA; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE FUSION; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 24944509074     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.07.027     Document Type: Article

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