Pseudomonas aeruginosa MucD regulates the alginate pathway through activation of MucA degradation via MucP proteolytic activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 286-291

  Damron, F Heath ^a,b,c   Yu, Hongwei D ^a,b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dow Technology Park   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MUCA; PROTEIN MUCD; PROTEIN MUCP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78650114980     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01132-10     Document Type: Article

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