Bacterial Regulon Evolution: Distinct Responses and Roles for the Identical OmpR Proteins of Salmonella Typhimurium and Escherichia coli in the Acid Stress Response

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Quinn, Heather J ^a   Cameron, Andrew D S ^a,b   Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OSMOLARITY RESPONSE REGULATOR PROTEINS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84897451640     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004215     Document Type: Article

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