Structural and functional characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa global regulator AmpR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 3890-3902

  Caille, Olivier ^a,d   Zincke, Diansy ^b   Merighi, Massimo ^c,e   Balasubramanian, Deepak ^b,c   Kumari, Hansi ^a   Kong, Kok Fai ^b,f   Silva Herzog, Eugenia ^a,g   Narasimhan, Giri ^b   Schneper, Lisa ^a,h   Lory, Stephen ^c   Mathee, Kalai ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Institut Meurice Chimie   (Belgium)

^e Glycosyn Inc   (United States)

^f LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE AMPR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMPC BETA-LACTAMASES; AMPR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84917708881     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01997-14     Document Type: Article

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