Intrinsic thermal sensing controls proteolysis of Yersinia virulence regulator RovA

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Herbst, Katharina ^a,b   Bujara, Matthias ^a   Heroven, Ann Kathrin ^a,b   Opitz, Wiebke ^a,b   Weichert, Martin ^a   Zimmermann, Ariane ^a   Dersch, Petra ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; ROVA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ROVA PROTEIN, YERSINIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH REGULATION; HOST; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; YERSINIA;

MAMMALIA; YERSINIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YERSINIA;

EID: 67249097456     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000435     Document Type: Article

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