YfiBNR mediates cyclic di-GMP dependent small colony variant formation and persistence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Malone, Jacob G ^a   Jaeger, Tina ^a   Spangler, Christian ^b   Ritz, Daniel ^c   Spang, Anne ^a   Arrieumerlou, Cécile ^a   Kaever, Volkhard ^b   Landmann, Regine ^d   Jenal, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLIC GMP; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN PEL; PROTEIN PSL; PROTEIN YFIB; PROTEIN YFIBNR; PROTEIN YFIN; PROTEIN YFIR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYASE; OMPA OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; C57BL MOUSE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SECOND MESSENGER; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC GMP; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 77950405367     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000804     Document Type: Article

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