Cell-surface signaling in Pseudomonas: Stress responses, iron transport, and pathogenicity

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 569-597

  Llamas, María A ^a   Imperi, Francesco ^b   Visca, Paolo ^c   Lamont, Iain L ^d  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ECF sigma factor; Pseudomonas; PvdS; Siderophore; TonB dependent receptor; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; HEME; IRON; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PYOVERDINE; SIDEROPHORE; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CYTOPLASM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

ECF SIGMA FACTOR; PSEUDOMONAS; PVDS; SIDEROPHORE; TONB-DEPENDENT RECEPTOR; VIRULENCE;

CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; PSEUDOMONAS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904068173     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12078     Document Type: Review

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