Regulation of the co-evolved HrpR and HrpS AAA+ proteins required for Pseudomonas syringae pathogenicity

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jovanovic, Milija ^a   James, Ellen H ^a   Burrows, Patricia C ^a   Rego, Fabiane G M ^a,b   Buck, Martin ^a,b   Schumacher, Jörg ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Universidade Ferderal Do Paraná   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AAA; PROTEIN HRPR; PROTEIN HRPS; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HRPL PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; HRPR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; HRPS PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; CHEMISTRY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79551611518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1177     Document Type: Article

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