RNA-seq analysis identifies new genes regulated by the histone-like nucleoid structuring protein (H-NS) affecting Vibrio cholerae virulence, stress response and chemotaxis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Hongxia ^a,c   Ayala, Julio C ^b   Benitez, Jorge A ^a   Silva, Anisia J ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SERINE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTYPE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH CURVE; HAPR GENE; HLYA GENE; HNS GENE; INFANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RPOE GENE; RPOE LACZ GENE; RTXBDE GENE; RTXCA GENE; STRESS; TNAA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIESAB GENE; CHOLERA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CHOLERA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INDOLES; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84922983660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118295     Document Type: Article

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