Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni RacRS reveals roles in the heat shock response, motility, and maintenance of cell length homogeneity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2342-2354

  Apel, Dmitry ^a   Ellermeier, Jeremy ^b   Pryjma, Mark ^a   DiRita, Victor J ^b   Gaynor, Erin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DNAJ; PROTEIN KINASE; RACR KINASE; RACS KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MOTILITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL SIZE; CHICK; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; UPREGULATION; VISCOSITY;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; CULTURE MEDIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; MOVEMENT; MUTATION;

AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 84861215507     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06041-11     Document Type: Article

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