IscR regulates synthesis of colonization factor antigen I fimbriae in response to iron starvation in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2896-2907

  Haines, Sara ^a,b   Arnaud Barbe, Nadège ^a   Poncet, David ^a   Reverchon, Sylvie ^b,c   Wawrzyniak, Julien ^b,c   Nasser, William ^b,c   Renauld Mongénie, Geneviève ^a  

^a SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLONIZATION FACTOR ANTIGEN I; ENTEROTOXIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; IRON; PROTEIN ETPA; PROTEIN ISCR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL TOXIN; COLONIZATION FACTOR ANTIGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEAT-LABILE ENTEROTOXIN, E COLI; ISCR PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CFAA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE REPRESSION; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SMALL INTESTINE; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84940398546     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00214-15     Document Type: Article

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