Brucella melitensis cyclic di-GMP phosphodiesterase BpdA controls expression of flagellar genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5683-5691

  Petersen, Erik ^a   Chaudhuri, Pallab ^b   Gourley, Chris ^a   Harms, Jerome ^a   Splitter, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BPDA PROTEIN; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DELETION MUTANT; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VIBRIO;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CYCLIC GMP; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; VIBRIO;

EID: 80053594657     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00428-11     Document Type: Article

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