The ferrous iron-responsive BqsRS two-component system activates genes that promote cationic stress tolerance

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Kreamer, Naomi N ^a   Costa, Flavia ^a,d   Newman, Dianne K ^a,b,c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; FERROUS ION; POLYMYXIN; POLYMYXIN B; SPERMIDINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATION; IRON;

AMINE TRANSPORT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BQSR GENE; BQSS GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SPUTUM CULTURE; STRESS; TANDEM REPEAT; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84929995205     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02549-14     Document Type: Article

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