CsrA and TnaB coregulate tryptophanase activity to promote exotoxin-induced killing of Caenorhabditis elegans by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4516-4522

  Bhatt, Shantanu ^a,b   Anyanful, Akwasi ^a   Kalman, Daniel ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOTOXIN; PROTEIN CSRA; PROTEIN TNAB; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHANASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHANASE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052316953     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05197-11     Document Type: Article

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