Fis is essential for capsule production in Pasteurella multocida and regulates expression of other important virulence factors

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Steen, Jason A ^a   Steen, Jennifer A ^a   Harrison, Paul ^a   Seemann, Torsten ^a   Wilkie, Ian ^b   Harper, Marina ^a   Adler, Ben ^a   Boyce, John D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; HEMAGGLUTININ; HYALURONIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; FIS GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; POINT MUTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77649265411     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000750     Document Type: Article

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