Sigma factor RpoN (σ54) regulates pilE transcription in commensal Neisseria elongata

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-113

  Rendón, María A ^a,b   Hockenberry, Alyson M ^a,b   Mcmanus, Steven A ^a   So, Magdalene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; NPA PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NONHUMAN; PILE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPSTREAM ACTIVATOR SEQUENCE;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84884703878     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12350     Document Type: Article

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