The intestinal fatty acid propionate inhibits Salmonella invasion through the post-translational control of HilD

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1045-1060

  Hung, Chien Che ^a   Garner, Cherilyn D ^a   Slauch, James M ^b,c   Dwyer, Zachary W ^a   Lawhon, Sara D ^d   Frye, Jonathan G ^e   Mcclelland, Michael ^f   Ahmer, Brian M M ^g   Altier, Craig ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; HILD PROTEIN; PROPIONIC ACID; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOSS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 1 GENE; SPECIES INVASION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PROPIONATES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

EID: 84874208670     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12149     Document Type: Article

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