Reciprocal regulation of pH 6 antigen gene loci by PhoP and RovA in Yersinia pestis biovar Microtus

Future Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-280

  Zhang, Yiquan ^a   Wang, Li ^a,b   Fang, Nan ^a   Qu, Shi ^a   Tan, Yafang ^a   Guo, Zhaobiao ^a   Qiu, Jingfu ^b   Zhou, Dongsheng ^a   Yang, Ruifu ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

PhoP; psaABC; psaEF; RovA; transcription regulation; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTYPE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOP GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSAA GENE; PSAB GENE; PSAC GENE; REGULATOR GENE; ROVA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84873377467     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.146     Document Type: Article

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