The two-component sensor kinase KinB acts as a non-canonical switch between acute and chronic infection

Virulence

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 553-558

  Chand, Nikhilesh S ^a,c   Hung, Deborah T ^b,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinb; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Regulation; Two component systems

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EMBRYO; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INFECTION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 82955168460     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.2.6.17987     Document Type: Article

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