The CprS sensor kinase of the zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter jejuni influences biofilm formation and is required for optimal chick colonization

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 253-272

  Svensson, Sarah L ^a   Davis, Lindsay M ^b   MacKichan, Joanna K ^c   Allan, Brenda J ^d   Pajaniappan, Mohanasundari ^e   Thompson, Stuart A ^e   Gaynor, Erin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PROTEIN CPRS; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL SECRETION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS; UPREGULATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 58149105541     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06534.x     Document Type: Article

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