A central metabolic circuit controlled by QseC in pathogenic Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1516-1529

  Hadjifrangiskou, Maria ^a   Kostakioti, Maria ^a   Chen, Swaine L ^a,b   Henderson, Jeffrey P ^a   Greene, Sarah E ^a   Hultgren, Scott J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN QSEB; PROTEIN QSEC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; NUCLEOTIDES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 79958857299     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07660.x     Document Type: Article

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