Concerted actions of a thermo-labile regulator and a unique intergenic RNA thermosensor control Yersinia virulence

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Böhme, Katja ^a,b   Steinmann, Rebekka ^b,c   Kortmann, Jens ^d   Seekircher, Stephanie ^b   Heroven, Ann Kathrin ^b   Berger, Evelin ^a   Pisano, Fabio ^b   Thiermann, Tanja ^b   Wolf Watz, Hans ^c   Narberhaus, Franz ^d   Dersch, Petra ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LCRF PROTEIN; RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YMOA PROTEIN; YSC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST; HUMAN; LETHALITY; LIVER; MOUSE; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PEYER PATCH; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPLEEN; THERMOMETER; THERMORECEPTOR; THERMOREGULATION; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84871714811     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002518     Document Type: Article

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