Inactivation of alternative sigma factor 54 (RpoN) leads to increased acid resistance, and alters locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) expression in Escherichia coli O157:H7

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 719-730

  Riordan, James T ^a   Tietjen, Jillian A ^b   Walsh, Coilin W ^b   Gustafson, John E ^c   Whittam, Thomas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; SIGMA FACTOR RPON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GADA GENE; GADB GENE; GADC GENE; GADE GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LOCUS OF ENTEROCYTE EFFACEMENT GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REGULON; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77749268284     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.032631-0     Document Type: Article

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