Repression by H-NS of genes required for the biosynthesis of the Vibrio cholerae biofilm matrix is modulated by the second messenger cyclic diguanylic acid

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 630-645

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

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC DIGUANYLATE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTEIN BINDING; VPSR PROTEIN, VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RBMA GENE; RBMB GENE; RBMC GENE; RBMD GENE; RBME GENE; RBMF GENE; SECOND MESSENGER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VPSA GENE; VPSL GENE; VPST GENE; VPSU GENE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84930952931     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13058     Document Type: Article

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