A role for the RNA chaperone Hfq in controlling Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli colonization and virulence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Simonsen, Karina T ^a   Nielsen, Gorm ^a   Bjerrum, Janni Vester ^a   Kruse, Thomas ^b,c   Kallipolitis, Birgitte H ^a   Møller Jensen, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CHAPERONE PROTEIN HFQ; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HFQ PROTEIN, E COLI; HOST FACTOR 1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL INVASION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; LIFESPAN; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPECIES INVASION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; INTESTINES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79551534433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016387     Document Type: Article

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