Fate of the H-NS-Repressed bgl operon in evolution of escheruchia coli

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Sankar, T Sabari ^a   Neelakanta, Girish ^b   Sangal, Vartul ^b   Plum, Georg ^c   Achtman, Mark ^a   Schnetz, Karin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; H NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; ARYL BETA D GLUCOSIDE OPERON; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA SP.;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; OPERON; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 63449126670     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000405     Document Type: Article

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