Involvement of PatE, a prophage-encoded AraC-like regulator, in the transcriptional activation of acid resistance pathways of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strain EDL933

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5083-5092

  Bender, Jennifer K ^a   Praszkier, Judyta ^a,d   Wakefield, Matthew J ^a,c   Holt, Kathryn ^a   Tauschek, Marija ^a   Robins Browne, Roy M ^a,b   Yanga, Ji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID STRESS; ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; E. COLI; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENTERIC BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES ENCODING; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IN-SILICO; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGES; REGULATORY PROTEIN; REGULATORY SYSTEMS; STATIONARY PHASE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATIONS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS; TYPE III SECRETIONS;

ACID RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; PATHOGENS; PROTEINS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ARAC PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ACID; BIOASSAY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOBILITY; PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH ACID; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTRIC ACID; GENOMICS; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866153304     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00617-12     Document Type: Article

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