The two-component system CpxRA negatively regulates the locus of enterocyte effacement of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli involving σ32 and lon protease

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2016, Pages

  De la Cruz, Miguel A ^a,b   Morgan, Jason K ^c   Ares, Miguel A ^a   Yáñez Santos, Jorge A ^d   Riordan, James T ^c   Girón, Jorge A ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CpxRA; EHEC; LEE; Lon protease; Sigma factor 32

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CPXA PROTEIN, E COLI; CPXR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GRLA PROTEIN, E COLI; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT-SHOCK SIGMA FACTOR 32; LEE PROTEIN, E COLI; LER PROTEIN, E COLI; LON PROTEIN, E COLI; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; TUMOR CELL LINE; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LARVA; MOTHS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEASE LA; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEMS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85006226843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00011     Document Type: Article

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