AmrZ beta-sheet residues are essential for DNA binding and transcriptional control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5390-5401

  Waligora, Elizabeth A ^a   Ramsey, Deborah M ^a,c   Pryor Jr , Edward E ^a   Lu, Haiping ^a   Hollis, Thomas ^a   Sloan, Gina P ^a   Deora, Rajendar ^a   Wozniak, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYSINE; PROTEIN AMRZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BETA SHEET; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77957837883     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00711-10     Document Type: Article

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