A hierarchical cascade of second messengers regulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa Surface Behaviors

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Luo, Yun ^a   Zhao, Kun ^b   Baker, Amy E ^a   Kuchma, Sherry L ^a   Coggan, Kimberly A ^c,d   Wolfgang, Matthew C ^c   Wong, Gerard C L ^b   O’Toole, George A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Novan Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALGR; PROTEIN CHP; PROTEIN FIMS; PROTEIN PILJ; PROTEIN PILMNOP; PROTEIN PILY1; PROTEIN SADC; PROTEIN VFR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRACKING; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC SCREENING; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND MESSENGER; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84924168278     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02456-14     Document Type: Article

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