Activation of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgU regulon through mucA mutation inhibits cyclic AMP/Vfr signaling

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5709-5717

  Jones, Adriana K ^a,d   Fulcher, Nanette B ^a   Balzer, Grant J ^b   Urbanowski, Mark L ^b   Pritchett, Christopher L ^c   Schurr, Michael J ^c   Yahr, Timothy L ^b   Wolfgang, Matthew C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CYCLIC AMP; EXOTOXIN A; MUCIN; MUCIN A; PILIN; PROTEASE 4; PROTEINASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR ALGU; TYPE IV PILI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ALGR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ALGU PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; MUCA PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VFR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78049393223     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00526-10     Document Type: Article

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