Translational repression of NhaR, a novel pathway for multi-tier regulation of biofilm circuitry by CsrA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-89

  Pannuri, Archana ^a   Yakhnin, Helen ^b   Vakulskas, Christopher A ^a   Edwards, Adrianne N ^c,d   Babitzke, Paul ^b   Romeo, Tony ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON STORAGE REGULATOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN NHAR; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTASIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PGAABCD GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE;

BETA-GLUCANS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PORINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SODIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84855880760     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06209-11     Document Type: Article

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