LcrQ blocks the role of LcrF in regulating the Ysc-Yop type III secretion genes in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Li, Lamei ^a   Yan, Huan ^a   Feng, Lipeng ^a   Li, Yunlong ^a   Lu, Pei ^a   Hu, Yangbo ^a   Chen, Shiyun ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN LCRF; PROTEIN LCRQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; LCRF PROTEIN, YERSINIA PESTIS; LCRQ PROTEIN, YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA ISOLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CALCIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84899061950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092243     Document Type: Article

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