Simple sequence repeats and mucoid conversion: Biased muca mutagenesis in mismatch repair-deficient pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Moyano, Alejandro J ^a   Smania, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MUCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MUCA PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS; MUCOID EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE (P AERUGINOSA);

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PERIPLASM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77949515264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008203     Document Type: Article

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