The RssB/RssA two-component system regulates biosynthesis of the tripyrrole antibiotic, prodigiosin, in Serratia marcescens

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 300, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 304-312

  Horng, Yu Tze ^a,b   Chang, Kai Chih ^a   Liu, Yen Ni ^c   Lai, Hsin Chih ^b   Soo, Po Chi ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Prodigiosin; RssAB; Serratia marcescens; Two component system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRODIGIOSIN; PROTEIN FLHDC; PROTEIN PIGA; RIFTIA SYMBIONT SIGNAL KINASE; RIFTIA SYMBIONT SIGNAL REGULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PRODIGIOSIN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77952102560     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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