Sigma Factor N, Liaison to an ntrC and rpoS Dependent Regulatory Pathway Controlling Acid Resistance and the LEE in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Mitra, Avishek ^a   Fay, Pamela A ^a   Morgan, Jason K ^a   Vendura, Khoury W ^a   Versaggi, Salvatore L ^a   Riordan, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AGMATINE; ARGININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR N; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIA GENE; ADIC GENE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTESTINE CELL; LOCUS OF ENTEROCYTE EFFACEMENT; NONHUMAN; NTRIC GENE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; RPOS GENE;

ACIDS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANTIPORTERS; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXY-LYASES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENTEROCYTES; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ADIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866888611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046288     Document Type: Article

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