The YfiBNR signal transduction mechanism reveals novel targets for the evolution of persistent Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis airways

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Malone, Jacob G ^a,b   Jaeger, Tina ^a   Manfredi, Pablo ^a   Dötsch, Andreas ^c   Blanka, Andrea ^d   Bos, Raphael ^a   Cornelis, Guy R ^a   Häussler, Susanne ^c   Jenal, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MEMBRANE ENZYME; PROTEIN YFIBNR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AIRWAY; ALLELE; ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOPLASM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YFI GENE; ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84864052471     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002760     Document Type: Article

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