Evolutionary expansion of a regulatory network by counter-silencing

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Will, W Ryan ^a   Bale, Denise H ^b,c   Reid, Philip J ^b   Libby, Stephen J ^a   Fang, Ferric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; HISTONE; NUCLEOPROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOP PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER SILENCING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PH; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REGULON; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENE SILENCING; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84910042947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6270     Document Type: Article

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