Dual infection system identifies a crucial role for PKA-mediated serine phosphorylation of the EPEC-Tir-injected effector protein in regulating Rac1 function

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1254-1271

  Brandt, Sabine ^a   Kenny, Brendan ^b   Rohde, Manfred ^c   Martinez Quiles, Narcisa ^d   Backert, Steffen ^a,e  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INTIMIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TIR; RAC1 PROTEIN; SERINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYTOSKELETON; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SERINE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 67650132386     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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