Virf-independent regulation of shigella virB transcription is mediated by the small RNA RyhB

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Broach, William H ^a   Egan, Nicholas ^b   Wing, Helen J ^b   Payne, Shelley M ^c   Murphy, Erin R ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RYHB; PROTEIN VIRF; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PRIMER DNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STEADY STATE; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRB GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84862181134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038592     Document Type: Article

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