Threonine phosphorylation post-translationally regulates protein secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 797-803

  Mougous, Joseph D ^a   Gifford, Casey A ^a   Ramsdell, Talia L ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CLP VI; PROTEIN FHA 1; PROTEIN HCP 1; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE PPKA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE PHOSPHATASE PPPA; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREONINE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34347404255     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1605     Document Type: Article

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