HigB of Pseudomonas aeruginosa enhances killing of phagocytes by up-regulating the type III secretion system in ciprofloxacin induced persister cells

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2016, Pages

  Li, Mei ^a   Long, Yuqing ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Liu, Yang ^b   Chen, Ronghao ^a   Shi, Jing ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a   Jin, Yongxin ^a   Yang, Liang ^b,c   Bai, Fang ^a   Jin, Shouguang ^a,d   Cheng, Zhihui ^a   Wu, Weihui ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Persistence; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Toxin antitoxin; Type III secretion system

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; TRANSPOSON; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PHAGOCYTE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; T3SS GENE; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL SURVIVAL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHAGOCYTES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEMS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84997169423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00125     Document Type: Article

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