Homeostatic interplay between bacterial cell-cell signaling and iron in virulence

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Hazan, Ronen ^a,b   He, Jianxin ^a,b   Xiao, Gaoping ^a,b   Dekimpe, Valérie ^c   Apidianakis, Yiorgos ^a,b   Lesic, Biliana ^a,b   Astrakas, Christos ^a,b   Déziel, Eric ^c   Lépine, François ^c   Rahme, Laurence G ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN MVFR; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RHLR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIPTERA; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77950400018     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000810     Document Type: Article

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