Rcs signalling-activated transcription of rcsA induces strong anti-sense transcription of upstream fliPQR flagellar genes from a weak intergenic promoter: Regulatory roles for the anti-sense transcript in virulence and motility

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-84

  Wang, Qingfeng ^a   Harshey, Rasika M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; FLAGELLUM; FLIR GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RCSA GENE; REGULON; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; RNA TRANSLATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TYPE STRAIN; VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, ANTISENSE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULON; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 70350180746     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06851.x     Document Type: Article

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