Characterization of a complex chemosensory signal transduction system which controls twitching motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 873-893

  Whitchurch, Cynthia B ^a,c   Leech, Andrew J ^a   Young, Michael D ^a   Kennedy, Derek ^a,b   Sargent, Jennifer L ^a   Bertrand, Jacob J ^c   Semmler, Annalese B T ^a   Mellick, Albert S ^a   Martin, Paul R ^a   Alm, Richard A ^a   Hobbs, Matthew ^a   Beatson, Scott A ^a   Huang, Bixing ^a   Nguyen, Lam ^c   Commolli, James C ^c   Engel, Joanne N ^c   Darzins, Aldis ^d   Mattick, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PROMEGA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CHPA; PROTEIN CHPB; PROTEIN CHPC; PROTEIN CHPD; PROTEIN CHPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

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

EID: 2442603464     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04026.x     Document Type: Article

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