Transcriptional regulation of bacterial virulence gene expression by molecular oxygenand nitric oxide

Virulence

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 794-809

  Green, Jeffrey ^a   Rolfe, Matthew D ^a   Smith, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FNR; Iron sulfur cluster; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nitric oxide sensors; Oxygen sensors; Staphylococcus aureus; WhiB like proteins

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; AUTOINDUCER PEPTIDE; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; FLAVOHEMOGLOBIN; FUMARATE NITRATE REDUCTION REGULATOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; IRON; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INNATE IMMUNITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NITRIC OXIDE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84921930691     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.27794     Document Type: Article

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