Subcellular location characteristics of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa GGDEF protein, WspR, indicate that it produces cyclic-di-GMP in response to growth on surfaces

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1459-1473

  Güvener, Zehra Tüzün ^a   Harwood, Caroline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; GGDEF PROTEIN; PROTEIN TAG; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WSPA PROTEIN; WSPR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MUTANT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; DISPERSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; CYTOPLASM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 36549080792     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06008.x     Document Type: Article

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