The RovA regulons of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pestis are distinct: Evidence that many RovA-regulated genes were acquired more recently than the core genome

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 189-205

  Cathelyn, Jason S ^a   Ellison, Damon W ^a,c   Hinchliffe, Stewart J ^b   Wren, Brendan W ^b   Miller, Virginia L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ROVA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; SILENCER ELEMENT; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 34548674949     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05907.x     Document Type: Article

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