ExsD inhibits expression of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system by disrupting ExsA self-association and DNA binding activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1479-1486

  Brutinel, Evan D ^a   Vakulskas, Christopher A ^a   Yahr, Timothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN EXSA; PROTEIN EXSC; PROTEIN EXSD; PROTEIN EXSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISSOCIATION; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77949411171     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01457-09     Document Type: Article

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