RsmC of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora negatively controls motility, extracellular protein production, and virulence by binding FlhD and modulating transcriptional activity of the master regulator, FlhDC

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4582-4593

  Chatterjee, Asita ^a   Cui, Yaya ^a   Chatterjee, Arun K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PLASMID DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RSMC PROTEIN, ERWINIA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA BINDING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ASSAY; ERWINIA; FLHC GENE; FLHD GENE; FLIA GENE; GACA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RSMC GENE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67650315205     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00154-09     Document Type: Article

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