Global gene regulation in Yersinia enterocolitica: Effect of FliA on the expression levels of flagellar and plasmid-encoded virulence genes

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-126

  Horne, Shelley M ^a   Prüß, Birgit M ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flagellar genes; FlhD FlhC; FliA; Global regulation; Microarray analysis; Plasmid encoded virulence genes; Transcriptional network

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIA GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISYEN1 GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRC GENE; VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE; YADA GENE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YOPQ GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; PLASMIDS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 32344445743     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0077-1     Document Type: Article

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