Feedback control of Campylobacter jejuni flagellin levels through reciprocal binding of FliW to flagellin and the global regulator CsrA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 207-220

  Radomska, Katarzyna A ^a   Ordoñez, Soledad R ^a   Wösten, Marc M S M ^a   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^a,b   van Putten, Jos P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON STARVATION REGULATOR A; FLAGELLIN; FLIW PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84990202575     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13455     Document Type: Article

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