Bicarbonate-Mediated Stimulation of RegA, the Global Virulence Regulator from Citrobacter rodentium

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 394, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-599

  Yang, Ji ^a,b   Dogovski, Con ^a   Hocking, Dianna ^a   Tauschek, Marija ^a,b   Perugini, Matt ^a   Robins Browne, Roy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

AraC like virulence regulator; bicarbonate sensing; Citrobacter rodentium; transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

ARAC PROTEIN; BICARBONATE; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; REGA PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BETA SHEET; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70449526073     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.10.033     Document Type: Article

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