
The ability to regulate gene expression throughout the course of an infection is important for the survival of a pathogen in the host. Thus, virulence gene expression responds to environmental signals in many complex ways. Frequently, global regulatory factors associated with specific regulators co-ordinate expression of virulence genes. In this review, we present well-described regulatory mechanisms used to co-ordinate the expression of virulence factors by pathogenic Escherichia coli with a relative emphasis on diseases caused by E. coli in animals. Many of the virulence-associated genes of pathogenic E. coli respond to environmental conditions. The involvement of global regulators, including housekeeping regulons and virulence regulons, specific regulators and then sensor regulatory systems involved in virulence, is described. Specific regulation mechanisms are illustrated using the regulation of genes encoding for fimbriae, curli, haemolysin and capsules as examples.
[SDV.IMM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology, [SDV.BA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology, histone, [SDV.GEN.GA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Animal genetics, [SDV.BC.IC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Cell Behavior [q-bio.CB], [SDV.BBM.BM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Molecular biology, hémolyse, arn transfert, Hemolysin Proteins, régulation, pathogène, Escherichia coli, Animals, [SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC], [SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, [SDV.MP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Escherichia coli Infections, Virulence, gène de virulence, [SDV.BA.MVSA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Médecine vétérinaire et santé animal, protéine, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Fimbriae, Bacterial, Veterinary medicine and animal Health, escherichia coli, transcription, expression des gènes
[SDV.IMM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology, [SDV.BA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology, histone, [SDV.GEN.GA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Animal genetics, [SDV.BC.IC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Cell Behavior [q-bio.CB], [SDV.BBM.BM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Molecular biology, hémolyse, arn transfert, Hemolysin Proteins, régulation, pathogène, Escherichia coli, Animals, [SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC], [SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, [SDV.MP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Escherichia coli Infections, Virulence, gène de virulence, [SDV.BA.MVSA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Médecine vétérinaire et santé animal, protéine, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Fimbriae, Bacterial, Veterinary medicine and animal Health, escherichia coli, transcription, expression des gènes
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