Transcriptional and post-transcriptional modulation of SPI1 and SPI2 expression by ppGpp, RpoS and DksA in Salmonella enterica sv Typhimurium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Rice, Christopher J ^a,c   Ramachandran, Vinoy K ^b   Shearer, Neil ^a   Thompson, Arthur ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Campden B R I ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DKSA; PROTEIN PPGPP; PROTEIN SIPC; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SPI-2 PROTEIN, SALMONELLA; SPI1 PROTEIN, SALMONELLA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84934978751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127523     Document Type: Article

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