title: Histone-like proteins and the Shigella invasivity regulon.
abstract: The contribution of histone-like proteins to the transcriptional regulation of virulence gene networks is a common feature among pathogenic bacteria. In this article we review current knowledge about the regulative role of major histone-like proteins in the silencing/activation of the invasivity phenotype of Shigella, the etiological agent of bacillary dissentery.
authors.affiliation: Dip Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prosseda
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Falconi
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
authors.forename: Mariassunta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casalino
authors.forename: Gioacchino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Micheli
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Colonna
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000382:microbiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids; D018085:Regulon; D012760:Shigella / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C116822:hns protein, E coli