Identification of the quorum-sensing target DNA sequence and N-acyl homoserine lactone responsiveness of the Brucella abortus virB promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3434-3440

  Arocena, Gastón M ^a   Sieira, Rodrigo ^a   Comerci, Diego J ^a,b   Ugalde, Rodolfo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N DODECANYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN VJBR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM TIANSHANENSE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VIRB GENE;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MESORHIZOBIUM TIANSHANENSE;

EID: 77954355704     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00232-10     Document Type: Article

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