Extracellular zinc induces phosphoethanolamine addition to Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipid A via the ColRS two-component system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 166-178

  Nowicki, Emily M ^a   O'Brien, John P ^b   Brodbelt, Jennifer S ^b   Trent, M Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PROTEIN EPTAPA; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; 4-AMINO-4-DEOXYARABINOSE; AMINOSUGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COLRS TWO COMPONENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EPTAPA GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PMRAB SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

AMINO SUGARS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOLAMINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; ETHANOLAMINES; LIPID A; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; ZINC;

EID: 84932199993     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13018     Document Type: Article

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