Genome-Wide Analysis of the Salmonella Fis Regulon and Its Regulatory Mechanism on Pathogenicity Islands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Hui ^a,b   Liu, Bin ^a,b   Wang, Quan ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^a,b,c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BINDING SITE; CELL INVASION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COBALAMIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIS GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OMPR GENE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 1 GENE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 2 GENE; POCR GENE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HELA CELL LINE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HELA CELLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84878133024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064688     Document Type: Article

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