Novel Cyclic di-GMP Effectors of the YajQ Protein Family Control Bacterial Virulence

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  An, Shi qi ^a   Caly, Delphine L ^b   McCarthy, Yvonne ^b   Murdoch, Sarah L ^a   Ward, Joseph ^a   Febrer, Melanie ^a   Dow, J Maxwell ^b   Ryan, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC DI GMP; DNA HOMOLOG; GUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAR WESTERN BLOTTING; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TITRIMETRY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; SECOND MESSENGER; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 84908330968     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004429     Document Type: Article

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