The Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 two-component regulator CarSR regulates calcium homeostasis and calciuminduced virulence factor production through its regulatory targets CarO and CarP

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 951-963

  Guragain, Manita ^a   King, Michelle M ^a   Williamson, Kerry S ^b   Pérez Osorio, Ailyn C ^b,c   Akiyama, Tatsuya ^b   Khanam, Sharmily ^a   Patrauchan, Marianna A ^a   Franklin, Michael J ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Washington State Department of Health Public Health Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARO PROTEIN; CARP PROTEIN; CARR PROTEIN; CARSR PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PHOPQ PROTEIN; PMRAB PROTEIN; PYOCYANINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEOSTASIS; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84960353910     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00963-15     Document Type: Article

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