MrKH, a novel c-di-GMP-dependent transcriptional activator, controls klebsiella pneumoniae biofilm formation by regulating type 3 fimbriae expression

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Wilksch, Jonathan J ^a   Yang, Ji ^a   Clements, Abigail ^a,f   Gabbe, Jacinta L ^a   Short, Kirsty R ^a   Cao, Hanwei ^a   Cavaliere, Rosalia ^b   James, Catherine E ^b   Whitchurch, Cynthia B ^b   Schembri, Mark A ^c   Chuah, Mary L C ^d   Liang, Zhao Xun ^d   Wijburg, Odilia L ^a   Jenney, Adam W ^a,g   Lithgow, Trevor ^e   Strugnell, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; MRKH PROTEIN; MRKJ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; GENE INSERTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; YFIN GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FIMBRIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 80052315142     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002204     Document Type: Article

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