Antagonistic regulation of motility and transcriptome expression by RpoN and RpoS in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 375-386

  Dong, Tao ^a   Yu, Rosemary ^a   Schellhorn, Herb ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN APPA; PROTEIN FLHDC; PROTEIN FLIA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; EPISTASIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULON; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; NITROGEN; REGULON; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78651086262     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07449.x     Document Type: Article

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