The iron-sensing fur regulator controls expression timing and levels of Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 genes in the course of environmental acidification

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2203-2210

  Choi, Eunna ^a   Kim, Hyunkeun ^a   Lee, Hwiseop ^a   Nam, Daesil ^a   Choi, Jeongjoon ^b,c   Shin, Dongwoo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; MESSENGER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SPI-2 PROTEIN, SALMONELLA; SSRB PROTEIN, SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ACIDIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 2 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84900430717     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01625-13     Document Type: Article

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