A spontaneous translational fusion of Bacillus cereus PlcR and PapR activates transcription of PlcR-dependent genes in Bacillus anthracis via binding with a specific palindromic sequence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 5814-5823

  Pomerantsev, Andrei P ^a   Pomerantseva, Olga M ^b   Leppla, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HEMOLYSIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PALINDROMIC DNA; PENTAPEPTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE SPECIFIC PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PLCR PAPR PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; DNA ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPR GENE; PLASMID; PLCR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 4644230657     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.10.5814-5823.2004     Document Type: Article

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