Oxygen-dependent regulation of c-di-GMP synthesis by SadC controls alginate production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 3390-3402

  Schmidt, Annika ^a   Hammerbacher, Anna Silke ^a,h   Bastian, Mike ^a,i   Nieken, Karen Jule ^a   Klockgether, Jens ^b,c   Merighi, Massimo ^d,j   Lapouge, Karine ^e,k   Poschgan, Claudia ^a   Kölle, Julia ^a,l   Acharya, K Ravi ^f   Ulrich, Martina ^a   Tümmler, Burkhard ^b,c   Unden, Gottfried ^g   Kaever, Volkhard ^b   Lory, Stephen ^d   Haas, Dieter ^e   Schwarz, Sandra ^a   Döring, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c German Centre for Lung Research   (Germany)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

ⁱ Birken AG   (Germany)

^j Ginkgo Bioworks   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; LYASE; OXYGEN;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; OPERON; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84957648295     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13208     Document Type: Article

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