Two highly related regulatory proteins, Shigella flexneri VirF and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Rns, have common and distinct regulatory properties
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Two highly related regulatory proteins, Shigella flexneri VirF and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Rns, have common and distinct regulatory properties.
The Rns protein of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and the VirF protein of Shigella flexneri are members of the AraC family of transcription regulators. Rns is required for positive activation of the CS1 fimbrial genes, while VirF is a positive regulator of an invasion gene regulon. The amino acid sequences of the proteins are 36% identical, and both proteins activate transcription in r...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Microbiology Letters
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0378-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(98)00138-4