A positive feedback loop promotes transcription surge that jump-starts Salmonella virulence circuit

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5805, 2006, Pages 1607-1609

  Shin, Dongwoo ^a,b   Lee, Eun Jin ^a   Huang, Henry ^a   Groisman, Eduardo A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; GENES; PROTEINS;

ACTIVATED GENES; FEEDBACK LOOP; PHOSPHORYLATION; SALMONELLA VIRULENCE CIRCUIT;

DISEASES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOP PROTEIN; PROTEIN PHOQ;

BACTERIUM; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; RODENT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SALMONELLA; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MAGNESIUM; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

SALMONELLA;

EID: 33845458915     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1134930     Document Type: Article

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