Type IV pili mechanochemically regulate virulence factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 7563-7568

  Persat, Alexandre ^a   Inclan, Yuki F ^b,c   Engel, Joanne N ^b,c   Stone, Howard A ^d   Gitai, Zemer ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanotransduction; Surface sensing; Type IV pili; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PILIN; TYPE IV PILI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TWITCHING MOTILITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CLASSIFICATION; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

PILA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CYCLIC AMP; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUTATION; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84935910964     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1502025112     Document Type: Article

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