Elucidation of Sigma Factor-Associated Networks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reveals a Modular Architecture with Limited and Function-Specific Crosstalk

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-21

  Schulz, Sebastian ^a,b   Eckweiler, Denitsa ^a,b   Bielecka, Agata ^a,b   Nicolai, Tanja ^b   Franke, Raimo ^b   Dötsch, Andreas ^a,b,c   Hornischer, Klaus ^a,b   Bruchmann, Sebastian ^a,b   Düvel, Juliane ^a,b   Häussler, Susanne ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; RNA EXTRACTION; SIGMA FACTOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84926468905     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004744     Document Type: Article

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