Regulation of bacterial virulence by Csr (Rsm) systems

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-224

  Vakulskas, Christopher A ^a   Potts, Anastasia H ^a   Paul, Babitzke ^b   Ahmer, Brian M M ^c   Tony, Romeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CSRA PROTEIN; RSME PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBON STORAGE REGULATOR A GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; XANTHOMONAS; YERSINIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84933511144     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00052-14     Document Type: Article

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