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Applying an Inducible Expression System to Study Interference of Bacterial Virulence Factors with Intracellular Signaling
Published on: June 25, 2015
Effector Molecules and Regulatory Proteins: Applications
1Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Bacteria respond to their external environment by modulating gene expression in the presence of certain effector molecules. The adaptive responses are mediated by transcriptional regulators that, after binding to the DNA, recognize these effector molecules and modify transcription. Some applications of regulatory proteins are reviewed here.
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