Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ptxR by Vfr

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 431-439

  Ferrell, Evan ^a   Carty, Nancy L ^b   Colmer Hamood, Jane A ^b   Hamood, Abdul N ^b   West, Susan E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOTOXIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN PTXR; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 39749128519     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/011577-0     Document Type: Article

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