The multifaceted proteins MvaT and MvaU, members of the H-NS family, control arginine metabolism, pyocyanin synthesis, and prophage activation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6211-6218

  Li, Congran ^a,b   Wally, Hassan ^a   Miller, Shearman J ^a   Lu, Chung Dar ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN MVAT; PROTEIN MVAU; PYOCYANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PROPHAGES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 70350462737     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00888-09     Document Type: Article

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