Control of gene expression in Leptospira spp. by transcription activator-like effectors demonstrates a potential role for LigA and LigB in Leptospira interrogans virulence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 7888-7892

  Pappas, Christopher J ^a,b   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; HOMOLOGOUS PROMOTERS; IMMUNOBLOT ANALYSIS; PATHOGENIC STRAINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOMANIPULATION; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84946099799     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02202-15     Document Type: Article

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