Regulatory RNAs and the HptB/RetS signalling pathways fine-tune Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1427-1443

  Bordi, Christophe ^a   Lamy, Marie Cécile ^a   Ventre, Isabelle ^a   Termine, Elise ^a   Hachani, Abderrahman ^a,b   Fillet, Sandy ^b,d   Roche, Béatrice ^a   Bleves, Sophie ^a   Méjean, Vincent ^c   Lazdunski, Andrée ^a   Filloux, Alain ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GACA PROTEIN; HPTB PROTEIN; PEL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RETS PROTEIN; RSMY PROTEIN; RSMZ PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GACA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RETS PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; REPORTER GENE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953505575     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07146.x     Document Type: Article

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