Regulation of pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factors by two novel RNA thermometers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 15562-15567

  Grosso Becerra, María Victoria ^a   Croda García, Gerardo ^a   Merino, Enrique ^b   Servín González, Luis ^a   Mojica Espinosa, Raúl ^c   Soberón Chávez, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacterial virulence; Gene regulation; Polarity; Quorum sensing; RNA thermometers

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RHAMNOLIPID; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA AUTOINDUCER; RHLR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; HEAT SHOCK; LASI GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHLR GENE; THERMOREGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LACTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84908434445     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402536111     Document Type: Article

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