Identification of the alternative sigma factor SigX regulon and its implications for pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenicity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 345-356

  Blanka, Andrea ^a   Schulz, Sebastian ^a,b   Eckweiler, Denitsa ^a,b   Franke, Raimo ^b   Bielecka, Agata ^a,b   Nicolai, Tanja ^b   Casilag, Fiordiligie ^a   Düvel, Juliane ^a,b   Abraham, Wolf Rainer ^b   Kaever, Volkhard ^c   Häussler, Susanne ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIBUTYRYL CYCLIC GMP; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; DNA BINDING MOTIF; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84890963536     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01034-13     Document Type: Article

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