Differential regulation of horizontally acquired and core genome genes by the bacterial modulator H-NS

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Baños, Rosa C ^a   Vivero, Aitziber ^b   Aznar, Sonia ^b   García, Jesús ^c   Pons, Miquel ^b,c   Madrid, Cristina ^b   Juárez, Antonio ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REGULATORY MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 67651227404     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000513     Document Type: Article

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