Campylobacter jejuni CsrA regulates metabolic and virulence associated proteins and is necessary for mouse colonization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Fields, Joshua A ^a,b   Li, Jiaqi ^a   Gulbronson, Connor J ^c   Hendrixson, David R ^c   Thompson, Stuart A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Military College Augusta   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI CSRA; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOAGGLUTINATION KINETICS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; REPRESSOR GENE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOFILM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84974786876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156932     Document Type: Article

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