H-NS family members function coordinately in an opportunistic pathogen

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 18947-18952

  Castang, Sandra ^a   McManus, Heather R ^a   Turner, Keith H ^a   Dove, Simon L ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

MvaT; MvaU; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME; DNA BINDING; DRUG BINDING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILENCER ELEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 57749113200     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808215105     Document Type: Article

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