Membrane-to-cytosol redistribution of ECF sigma factor AlgU and conversion to mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 314-327

  Rowen, D W ^a,b   Deretic, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOSOL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOSOL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SIGMA FACTOR; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0034010419     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01830.x     Document Type: Article

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