Interaction of the histone-like nucleoid structuring protein and the general stress response regulator rpos at vibrio cholerae promoters that regulate motility and hemagglutinin/protease expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1205-1215

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

^a SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAA PROTEIN; FLRA PROTEIN; HAPA PROTEIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; PROTEINASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84863295689     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05900-11     Document Type: Article

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