GbdR regulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa plcH and pchP transcription in response to choline catabolites

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1103-1111

  Wargo, Matthew J ^a,b   Ho, Tiffany C ^a   Gross, Maegan J ^a   Whittaker, Laurie A ^b   Hogan, Deborah A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAC PROTEIN; BETAINE; BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLINE; GBDR MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SARCOSINE; SPHINGOMYELIN SYNTHASE, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GBDR GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PCHP GENE; PLCH GENE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BETAINE; CHOLINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOSINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

EID: 62449310633     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01008-08     Document Type: Article

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