Interactions between an anti-sigma protein and two sigma factors that regulate the pyoverdine signaling pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Edgar, Rebecca J ^a,b   Xu, Xin ^a   Shirley, Matt ^a   Konings, Anna F ^a   Martin, Lois W ^a   Ackerley, David F ^b   Lamont, Iain L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anti sigma factor; Cell surface signaling; ECF sigma factor; Gene expression; Pseudomonas; Pyoverdine; Siderophore; Tandem affinity purification; TonB dependent signaling

Indexed keywords

PYOVERDINE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR FPVI; SIGMA FACTOR FPVR; SIGMA FACTOR PVDS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR PRONE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84964315596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-014-0287-2     Document Type: Article

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