Regulation of the Edwardsiella ictaluri type III secretion system by pH and phosphate concentration through EsrA, EsrB, and EsrC

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4293-4302

  Rogge, Matthew L ^a   Thune, Ronald L ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CATFISH; EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; FUNCTIONAL SIMILARITY; GROWTH CONDITIONS; IN-CHANNELS; INTRACELLULAR REPLICATION; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHATE LIMITATION; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REGULATORY PROTEIN; SECRETION SYSTEMS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; TRANSLOCON; TWO-COMPONENT REGULATORY SYSTEMS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; UP-REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

GENE EXPRESSION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE;

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; SECRETION; SEDIMENT; TELEOST; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; DRUG EFFECT; EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICTALURIDAE; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHATES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 79960108636     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00195-11     Document Type: Article

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