The cyclic AMP receptor protein, CRP, is required for both virulence and expression of the minimal CRP regulon in Yersinia pestis biovar microtus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5028-5037

  Zhan, Lingjun ^a,b   Han, Yanping ^b   Yang, Lei ^a,b   Geng, Jing ^b   Li, Yingli ^b   Gao, He ^b   Guo, Zhaobiao ^b   Fan, Wei ^b   Li, Gang ^b   Zhang, Lianfeng ^a   Qin, Chuan ^a   Zhou, Dongsheng ^b   Yang, Ruifu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MICROARRAY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA INFECTIONS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 55849089933     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00370-08     Document Type: Article

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