Coordinate regulation of bacterial virulence genes by a novel adenylate cyclase-dependent signaling pathway

Developmental Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-263

  Wolfgang, Matthew C ^a   Lee, Vincent T ^a   Gilmore, Meghan E ^a   Lory, Stephen ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0037322193     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(03)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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