RovA is autoregulated and antagonizes H-NS-mediated silencing of invasin and rovA expression in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 871-888

  Heroven, Ann Kathrin ^a,b   Nagel, Geraldine ^a,b   Tran, Hien J ^a,b   Parr, Susanne ^b   Dersch, Petra ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; INVASIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ROVA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 3843113478     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04162.x     Document Type: Article

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