Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgR phosphorylation modulates rhamnolipid production and motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 5499-5515

  Okkotsu, Yuta ^a   Tieku, Prince ^a   Fitzsimmons, Liam F ^a   Churchill, Mair E ^a   Schurr, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMU PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; RHAMNOLIPID; RHLA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TWITCHING MOTILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; LOCOMOTION; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84890195442     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00726-13     Document Type: Article

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