A defense-offense multi-layered regulatory switch in a pathogenic bacterium

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1357-1369

  Nitzan, Mor ^a,b   Fechter, Pierre ^c   Peer, Asaf ^b   Altuvia, Yael ^b   Bronesky, Delphine ^c   Vandenesch, François ^d,e,f,g,h   Romby, Pascale ^c   Biham, Ofer ^a   Margalit, Hanah ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; RNA; RNAIII; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ROT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BGL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE SELECTOR SWITCH; FLHD GENE; FLIA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RPOS GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; MARKOV CHAIN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOGENICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84930631240     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv001     Document Type: Article

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