A multifactor regulatory circuit involving H-NS, VirF and an antisense RNA modulates transcription of the virulence gene icsA of Shigella flexneri

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 8122-8134

  Tran, Chi Nhan ^a   Giangrossi, Mara ^a   Prosseda, Gianni ^b   Brandi, Anna ^a   Di Martino, Maria Letizia ^b   Colonna, Bianca ^b   Falconi, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN RNAG; PROTEIN VIRF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ICSA GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 80054060254     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr521     Document Type: Article

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