A regulatory network controls expression of the in vivo-expressed HreP protease of Yersinia enterocolitica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1666-1676

  Wagner, Karin ^a   Schilling, Jennifer ^a   Fälker, Stefan ^b   Schmidt, M Alexander ^a   Heusipp, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; HREP PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; PYPA PROTIEN; PYPB PROTEIN; PYPC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; HREP PROTEIN, YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; SUBTILISIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA BINDING MOTIF; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPRESSION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SUBTILISINS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 62649171815     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01517-08     Document Type: Article

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