The second type VI secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO1 is regulated by quorum sensing and fur and modulates internalization in epithelial cells

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 27095-27105

  Sana, Thibault G ^a   Hachani, Abderrahman ^a   Bucior, Iwona ^b   Soscia, Chantal ^a   Garvis, Steve ^a   Termine, Elise ^a,d   Engel, Joanne ^b   Filloux, Alain ^a,c   Bleves, Sophie ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKT ACTIVATION; AKT PHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS; BACTERIAL UPTAKE; CHRONIC INFECTION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HELA CELL; HOST CELLS; LUNG EPITHELIAL CELLS; P.AERUGINOSA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM-SENSING; QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEMS; SECRETION SYSTEMS; STATIONARY PHASE;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; GENES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORS; TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIA;

IRON; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUR BOX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; H2 T6SS GENE; HELA CELL; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LAS QUORUM SENSING SYSTEM; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; RHL QUORUM SENSING SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; UPREGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84864551280     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.376368     Document Type: Article

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