Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 cupD transcription is activated by the RcsB response regulator, but repressed by its putative cognate sensor RcsC

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-123

  Nicastro, Gianlucca G ^a   Boechat, Ana Laura ^a   Abe, Cecília M ^b   Kaihami, Gilberto H ^a   Baldini, Regina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CupD promoter; Fimbria; Gene regulation; Pathogenicity island; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rcs two component system

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; CUPD GENE; DELETION MUTANT; FIMBRIA; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RCSB GENE; RCSC GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 71049164676     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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