Expression of VjbR under nutrient limitation conditions is regulated at the post-transcriptional level by specific acidic pH values and urocanic acid

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Arocena, Gastón M ^a   Zorreguieta, Angeles ^a,b   Sieira, Rodrigo ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBH2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCANIC ACID; VIRB7 PROTEIN; VJBR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VJBR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROCANIC ACID; VIRULENCE;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 84859834950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035394     Document Type: Article

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