The pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgZR two-component system coordinates multiple phenotypes

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Okkotsu, Yuta ^a   Little, Alexander S ^a   Schurr, Michael J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alginate; AlgZR; LytTR family; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Twitching motility; Two component regulation

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CYANIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; PHOSPHOMANNOMUTASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHAMNOLIPID; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIUM PILUS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TWITCHING MOTILITY; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEM; ALGZR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LYTTR FAMILY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON; TWO-COMPONENT REGULATION;

ALGINATE; ALGZR; LYTTR FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TWITCHING MOTILITY; TWO-COMPONENT REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84907176447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00082     Document Type: Review

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