The cAMP Receptor-Like Protein CLP Is a Novel c-di-GMP Receptor Linking Cell-Cell Signaling to Virulence Gene Expression in Xanthomonas campestris

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 646-662

  Chin, Ko Hsin ^a   Lee, Yen Chung ^a   Tu, Zhi Le ^a   Chen, Chih Hua ^a   Tseng, Yi Hsiung ^b   Yang, Jinn Moon ^c   Ryan, Robert P ^d   McCarthy, Yvonne ^d   Dow, J Maxwell ^d   Wang, Andrew H J ^e   Chou, Shan Ho ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C di GMP receptor; CLP; CRP; Pathogenicity; Xcc

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR LIKE PROTEIN; CYCLIC DIGUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC GMP; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CLP PROTEIN, XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIRULENCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIC GMP; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 77949325119     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.11.076     Document Type: Article

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