A novel sensor kinase-response regulator hybrid regulates type III secretion and is required for virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1090-1103

  Laskowski, Michelle A ^a   Osborn, Ellice ^a   Kazmierczak, Barbara I ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN RTSM; SENSOR KINASE RESPONSE REGULATOR HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 8544275274     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04331.x     Document Type: Article

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