RNA thermometer controls temperature-dependent virulence factor expression in Vibrio cholerae

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 14241-14246

  Weber, Gregor G ^a   Kortmann, Jens ^b   Narberhaus, Franz ^b   Klose, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CHOLERA TOXIN; TCPN PROTEIN, VIBRIO CHOLERAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLERA TOXIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84907584473     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411570111     Document Type: Article

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