The D3 bacteriophage α-polymerase inhibitor (Iap) peptide disrupts O-antigen biosynthesis through mimicry of the chain length regulator Wzz in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 4735-4741

  Taylor, Véronique L ^a   Udaskin, Molly L ^a   Islam, Salim T ^a   Lam, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; O ANTIGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZZ PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE D3; BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROCONVERSION; SEROTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84885446109     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00903-13     Document Type: Article

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