2020
Horizontally acquired regulatory gene activates ancestral regulatory system to promote Salmonella virulence
Choi J, Groisman EA. Horizontally acquired regulatory gene activates ancestral regulatory system to promote Salmonella virulence. Nucleic Acids Research 2020, 48: 10832-10847. PMID: 33045730, PMCID: PMC7641745, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhoP/PhoQAncestral regulatorNucleoid structuring protein H-NSProtein H-NSS. bongoriSalmonella enterica serovar TyphimuriumAncestral genomesH-NSTarget promotersEnterica serovar TyphimuriumRegulatory genesBacterial virulenceSalmonella virulencePromoter regionSsrBOpposite regulationGenesS. typhimuriumPhoQRegulatory systemSerovar TyphimuriumVirulenceTranscriptionPromoterRegulator
2009
Control of Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 gene expression
Fass E, Groisman EA. Control of Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 gene expression. Current Opinion In Microbiology 2009, 12: 199-204. PMID: 19264535, PMCID: PMC2805070, DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSPI-2 genesTwo-component systems PhoP/PhoQOmpR/EnvZType III secretion systemDifferent pathogenicity islandsSalmonella pathogenicity island 2PhoP/PhoQPathogenicity island 2H-NSEffector proteinsProtein IHFSecretion systemGene expressionRobust silencingIsland 2Pathogenicity islandHost cellsGenesExpressionEnvZSlyASsrBPhoQTranscriptionSilencing