Molecular characterization of GrlA, a specific positive regulator of ler expression in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 4627-4642

  Jiménez, Rafael ^a   Cruz Migoni, Sara B ^a   Huerta Saquero, Alejandro ^a   Bustamante, Víctor H ^a   Puente, José L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GRLA; PROTEIN LER; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMG PROTEIN, E COLI; GRLA PROTEIN, E COLI; LER PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 77956536808     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00307-10     Document Type: Article

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