Regulation of pga operon expression and biofilm formation in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae by σE and H-NS

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2414-2423

  Bossé, Janine T ^a   Sinha, Sunita ^a,d   Li, Ming Shi ^a   O'Dwyer, Clíona A ^a   Nash, John H E ^b,e   Rycroft, Andrew N ^c   Kroll, J Simon ^a   Langford, Paul R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN A;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCREENING; STRESS;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOFILMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SUS;

EID: 77951067852     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01513-09     Document Type: Article

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