Histone-like nucleoid-structuring protein represses transcription of the ehx operon carried by locus of enterocyte effacement-negative Shiga toxin-expressing Escherichia coli

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 202-211

  Rogers, Miles T ^a   Zimmerman, Rachel ^a   Scott, Maria E ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterohemolysin; H NS; LEE negative STEC; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; EHX TOXIN; EHXC TOXIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; OPERON; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349557876     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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