Influence of RpoS, cAMP-receptor protein, and ppGpp on expression of the opgGH operon and osmoregulated periplasmic glucan content of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1284-1293

  Costa, Cristina S ^a   Pizarro, Ramón A ^a   Antón, Dora N ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

cAMP CRP; OPG; Osmoregulated periplasmic glucans; ppGpp; RpoS

Indexed keywords

GLUCANS; HIGH GROWTH; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATED PERIPLASMIC GLUCAN; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RECEPTOR PROTEINS; REGULATORY SYSTEMS; S-FACTOR; S. TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FUSION;

FETAL MONITORING; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

SALMONELLA;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; GLUCAN; MECILLINAM; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS;

BACTERIUM; OSMOREGULATION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCANS; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; OPERON; PERIPLASM; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGMA FACTOR; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 73449092865     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-086     Document Type: Article

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