Proteolytic regulation of alginate overproduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 595-607

  Damron, F Heath ^a   Goldberg, Joanna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CHAPERONE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CLPXP; PROTEIN MUCA; PROTEIN MUCP; PROTEINASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEOLYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGMA FACTOR;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84860557951     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08049.x     Document Type: Review

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