A novel extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor regulates virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Llamas, María A ^a   Van Der Sar, Astrid ^a   Chu, Byron C H ^b   Sparrius, Marion ^a   Vogel, Hans J ^b   Bitter, Wilbert ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION SIGMA FACTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TONB; PUMA 3 PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PYOVERDINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA MICROARRAY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DANIO RERIO; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 70349681967     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000572     Document Type: Article

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