The pseudomonas aeruginosa sensor kinase kinb negatively controls alginate production through AlgW-Dependent MucA Proteolysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2285-2295

  Damron, F Heath ^a   Qiu, Dongru ^a   Hongwei, D Yu ^a,b,c  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dow Technology Park   (United States)

^c Robert C Byrd Biotechnology Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; HEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEIN ALGW; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINB; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALGW PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; MUCA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; MUCA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 64049114153     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01490-08     Document Type: Article

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