Characterization of ptxS, a Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene which interferes with the effect of the exotoxin A positive regulatory gene, ptxR

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-259

  Colmer, J A ^a   Hamood, A N ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotoxin A; Ga1R LacI repressor; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; ptxS; Sideophores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; TRIXIS;

EID: 0031839884     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050729     Document Type: Article

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