The prrF-encoded small regulatory RNAs are required for iron homeostasis and virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 863-875

  Reinhart, Alexandria A ^a   Powell, Daniel A ^b   Nguyen, Angela T ^c   O'Neill, Maura ^c   Djapgne, Louise ^c   Wilks, Angela ^c   Ernst, Robert K ^a,b   Oglesby Sherrouse, Amanda G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Graduate Program in Craniofacial Biology   (United States)

^c School of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; IRON; PRRF1 SMALL REGULATORY RNA; PRRF2 SMALL REGULATORY RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HEME-BINDING PROTEIN; HEMOPROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; LUNG INFECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEME; HEMEPROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IRON; LUNG; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84923064217     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.02707-14     Document Type: Article

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