The PqsR and RhlR transcriptional regulators determine the level of Pseudomonas quinolone signal synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by producing two different pqsABCDE mRNA Isoforms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 4163-4171

  Brouwer, Stephan ^a   Pustelny, Christian ^a,b   Ritter, Christiane ^a   Klinkert, Birgit ^c   Narberhaus, Franz ^c   Häussler, Susanne ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PQSR PROTEIN; QUINOLONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHLR PROTEIN; RNA ISOFORM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-HEPTYL-3-HYDROXY-4-QUINOLONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RHLR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BASE PAIRING; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENE SILENCING; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUINOLONES; RNA ISOFORMS;

EID: 84909993101     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02000-14     Document Type: Article

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