The Gac/Rsm and cyclic-di-GMP signalling networks coordinately regulate iron uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 676-688

  Frangipani, Emanuela ^a   Visaggio, Daniela ^a,b   Heeb, Stephan ^c   Kaever, Volkhard ^d   Cámara, Miguel ^c   Visca, Paolo ^a   Imperi, Francesco ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL; GACA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PVDS PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCHELIN; PYOVERDINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; SIGMA FACTOR; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHENOLS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIDEROPHORES; SIGMA FACTOR; THIAZOLES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84894712987     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12164     Document Type: Article

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