Fatty acid biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is initiated by the faby class of β-ketoacyl acyl carrier protein synthases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 5171-5184

  Yuan, Yanqiu ^a   Sachdeva, Meena ^a   Leeds, Jennifer A ^a   Meredith, Timothy C ^a  

^a NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3-OXOACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DOWN-REGULATION; FATTY ACIDS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84866545927     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00792-12     Document Type: Article

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