Termination of Vibrio cholerae virulence gene expression is mediated by proteolysis of the major virulence activator, ToxT

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1640-1653

  Abuaita, Basel H ^a   Withey, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; TOXT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TCPP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TOXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE ACTIVATOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHOLERA TOXIN; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEOLYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84860417881     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07798.x     Document Type: Article

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