Transcriptional activation of the mrkA promoter of the Klebsiella pneumoniae type 3 fimbrial operon by the c-di-GMP-dependent MrkH protein

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Ji ^a   Wilksch, Jonathan J ^a   Tan, Jason W H ^a   Hocking, Dianna M ^a   Webb, Chaille T ^b   Lithgow, Trevor ^b   Robins Browne, Roy M ^a   Strugnell, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84893818582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079038     Document Type: Article

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