Molecular mechanisms of master regulator VqsM mediating quorum-sensing and antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 10307-10320

  Liang, Haihua ^a,b   Deng, Xin ^b   Li, Xuefeng ^c   Ye, Yan ^c   Wu, Min ^c  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXSA PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; NFXB PROTEIN; POLYMYXIN B; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VQSM PROTEIN; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; EXSA PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; HYBRID PROTEIN; LASI PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXSA GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASI GENE; MOUSE; NFXB GENE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RSAL GENE; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; VQSM GENE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BINDING SITE; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BINDING SITES; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; QUORUM SENSING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84921419412     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku586     Document Type: Article

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