The histone-like nucleoid structuring protein (H-NS) Is a repressor of Vibrio cholerae exopolysaccharide biosynthesis (vps) genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2482-2488

  Wang, Hongxia ^a   Ayala, Julio C ^a,b   Silva, Anisia J ^b   Benitez, Jorge A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NOTE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84861173016     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07629-11     Document Type: Note

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