title: Cross-regulation in Vibrio parahaemolyticus: compensatory activation of polar flagellar genes by the lateral flagellar regulator LafK.
abstract: Gene organization and hierarchical regulation of the polar flagellar genes of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio cholerae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa appear highly similar, with one puzzling difference. Two sigma(54)-dependent regulators are required to direct different classes of intermediate flagellar gene expression in V. cholerae and P. aeruginosa, whereas the V. parahaemolyticus homolog of one of these regulators, FlaK, appears dispensable. Here we demonstrate that there is compensatory activation of polar flagellar genes by the lateral flagellar regulator LafK.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
authors.forename: Yun-Kyeong
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: McCarter
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005407:Flagella / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D051877:RNA Polymerase Sigma 54; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D051877:RNA Polymerase Sigma 54