Pseudomonas aeruginosa cupA-encoded fimbriae expression is regulated by a GGDEF and EAL domain-dependent modulation of the intracellular level of cyclic diguanylate

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2475-2485

  Meissner, Andree ^a   Wild, Verena ^a   Simm, Roger ^b   Rohde, Manfred ^a   Erck, Christian ^c   Bredenbruch, Florian ^a   Morr, Michael ^a   Römling, Ute ^b   Häussler, Susanne ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SYNAPTIC SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

CYCLIC GMP; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 34548428704     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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