Histone-like proteins and the Shigella invasivity regulon.
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.
Prosseda
Gianni
G
Dip Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Falconi
Maurizio
M
Nicoletti
Mauro
M
Casalino
Mariassunta
M
Micheli
Gioacchino
G
Colonna
Bianca
B
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
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C116822:hns protein, E coli