ToxR Antagonizes H-NS Regulation of Horizontally Acquired Genes to Drive Host Colonization

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Kazi, Misha I ^a   Conrado, Aaron R ^a   Mey, Alexandra R ^a   Payne, Shelley M ^a   Davies, Bryan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TOXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TOXR PROTEIN, VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ANIMAL; CHOLERA; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHOLERA; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84964878417     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005570     Document Type: Article

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