Different roles for anti-sigma factors in siderophore signalling pathways of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1257-1271

  Mettrick, Karla A ^a,b   Lamont, Iain L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; FERRICHROME; SIDEROPHORE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; DEFEROXAMINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIDEROPHORES; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 70450216072     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06932.x     Document Type: Article

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