Elevated CpxR∼P levels repress the Ysc-Yop type III secretion system of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 518-530

  Liu, Junfa ^a   Thanikkal, Edvin J ^a   Obi, Ikenna R ^a   Francis, Matthew S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AckA; CpxA; Extracytoplasmic stress; Pta; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CPXP; PROTEIN CPXR; PROTEIN YOP; PROTEIN YSC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN E; CPXR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T3S GENE; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84867657727     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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