csrR, a paralog and direct target of CsrA, promotes Legionella pneumophila resilience in water

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Abbott, Zachary D ^a   Yakhnin, Helen ^b   Babitzke, Paul ^b   Swanson, Michele S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CSRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CSRA PROTEIN, LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CSRA GENE; CSRR GENE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC STABILITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WATER SUPPLY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAMMALIA; PROTISTA;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84936972445     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00595-15     Document Type: Article

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