The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chp chemosensory system regulates intracellular cAMP levels by modulating adenylate cyclase activity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 889-904

  Fulcher, Nanette B ^a   Holliday, Phillip M ^b   Klem, Erich ^a   Cann, Martin J ^b   Wolfgang, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLIC AMP; VIRULENCE FACTOR; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; REGULATOR GENE; VIRULENCE;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77952119815     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07135.x     Document Type: Article

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