Regulation of virulence in Brucella: An eclectic repertoire of transcription factors defines the complex architecture of the virB promoter

Future Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1193-1208

  Sieira, Rodrigo ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

BabR BlxR; Brucella; BvrR; HutC; IHF; MdrA; promoter; type IV secretion system; virB; VjbR

Indexed keywords

BABR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BLXR PROTEIN; BVRR PROTEIN; HUTC PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; MDRA PROTEIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN; VJBR PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENUS; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BRUCELLA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MAMMALS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84884136142     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.13.83     Document Type: Review

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