A novel CsrA titration mechanism regulates fimbrial gene expression in Salmonella typhimurium

EMBO Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2872-2883

  Sterzenbach, Torsten ^a   Nguyen, Kim T ^a   Nuccio, Sean Paul ^a   Winter, Maria G ^a   Vakulskas, Christopher A ^b   Clegg, Steven ^c   Romeo, Tony ^b   Bäumler, Andreas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

fimbriae; gene regulation; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CSRA PROTEIN; CSRB PROTEIN; CSRC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEFA PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TITRIMETRY;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84887071233     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.206     Document Type: Article

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