Systematic analysis of cyclic di-GMP signalling enzymes and their role in biofilm formation and virulence in Yersinia pestis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 533-551

  Bobrov, Alexander G ^a   Kirillina, Olga ^a   Ryjenkov, Dmitri A ^b   Waters, Christopher M ^c   Price, Paul A ^d   Fetherston, Jacqueline D ^a   Mack, Dietrich ^e   Goldman, William E ^d   Gomelsky, Mark ^b   Perry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYCLIC DI GMP; CYCLIC DI GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CYCLIC GMP; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEIN HMSP; PROTEIN HMST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOGENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; YERSINIA PESTIS;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; PLAGUE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78651109050     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07470.x     Document Type: Article

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