Alginate polymerization and modification are linked in pseudomonas aeruginosa

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-17

  Fata Moradali, M ^a   Donati, Ivan ^b   Sims, Ian M ^c   Ghods, Shirin ^a   Rehm, Bernd H A ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ALGINIC ACID 44; ALGINIC ACID 8; AMINO ACID; CELLULOSE; EPIMERASE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; LIPOPROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALG44 PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ALG8 PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ALGK PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; ISOMERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DELETION MUTANT; EPIMERIZATION; LASER MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYNTHESIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; VISCOELASTICITY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELLULOSE; CYCLIC GMP; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; POLYMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84936944363     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00453-15     Document Type: Article

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