The two faces of ToxR: Activator of ompU, co-regulator of toxT in Vibrio cholerae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-128

  Morgan, Sarah J ^a   Felek, Suleyman ^b   Gadwal, Shilpa ^a   Koropatkin, Nicole M ^a   Perry, Jeffrey W ^a   Bryson, Alyson B ^a   Krukonis, Eric S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TCPP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TOXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; OMPU GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TOXT GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79959539601     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07681.x     Document Type: Article

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