Gene Review:
lasB - elastase LasB
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
- Molecular characterization and nucleotide sequence of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase structural gene. Bever, R.A., Iglewski, B.H. J. Bacteriol. (1988)
- Expression patterns of genes encoding elastase and controlling mucoidy: co-ordinate regulation of two virulence factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis. Mohr, C.D., Rust, L., Albus, A.M., Iglewski, B.H., Deretic, V. Mol. Microbiol. (1990)
- Analysis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase (lasB) regulatory region. Rust, L., Pesci, E.C., Iglewski, B.H. J. Bacteriol. (1996)
- Quinolone signaling in the cell-to-cell communication system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pesci, E.C., Milbank, J.B., Pearson, J.P., McKnight, S., Kende, A.S., Greenberg, E.P., Iglewski, B.H. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1999)
- A second N-acylhomoserine lactone signal produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pearson, J.P., Passador, L., Iglewski, B.H., Greenberg, E.P. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1995)
- PtxR modulates the expression of QS-controlled virulence factors in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO1. Carty, N.L., Layland, N., Colmer-Hamood, J.A., Calfee, M.W., Pesci, E.C., Hamood, A.N. Mol. Microbiol. (2006)
- Interactions of the quorum sensing regulator QscR: interaction with itself and the other regulators of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasR and RhlR. Ledgham, F., Ventre, I., Soscia, C., Foglino, M., Sturgis, J.N., Lazdunski, A. Mol. Microbiol. (2003)
- Cloning and characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa lasR gene, a transcriptional activator of elastase expression. Gambello, M.J., Iglewski, B.H. J. Bacteriol. (1991)
- Synthesis of multiple exoproducts in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is under the control of RhlR-RhlI, another set of regulators in strain PAO1 with homology to the autoinducer-responsive LuxR-LuxI family. Brint, J.M., Ohman, D.E. J. Bacteriol. (1995)
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasA: a second elastase under the transcriptional control of lasR. Toder, D.S., Gambello, M.J., Iglewski, B.H. Mol. Microbiol. (1991)
- Population transcript accumulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A and elastase in sputa from patients with cystic fibrosis. Storey, D.G., Ujack, E.E., Rabin, H.R. Infect. Immun. (1992)
- Mutation of lasA and lasB reduces Pseudomonas aeruginosa invasion of epithelial cells. Cowell, B.A., Twining, S.S., Hobden, J.A., Kwong, M.S., Fleiszig, S.M. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (2003)
- Inhibition of quorum sensing by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa dksA homologue. Branny, P., Pearson, J.P., Pesci, E.C., Köhler, T., Iglewski, B.H., Van Delden, C. J. Bacteriol. (2001)
- Alteration of the lipopolysaccharide structure affects the functioning of the Xcp secretory system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Michel, G., Ball, G., Goldberg, J.B., Lazdunski, A. J. Bacteriol. (2000)
- Proteome analysis of extracellular proteins regulated by the las and rhl quorum sensing systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Nouwens, A.S., Beatson, S.A., Whitchurch, C.B., Walsh, B.J., Schweizer, H.P., Mattick, J.S., Cordwell, S.J. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (2003)
- Transcription of quorum-sensing system genes in clinical and environmental isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cabrol, S., Olliver, A., Pier, G.B., Andremont, A., Ruimy, R. J. Bacteriol. (2003)
- RsaL, a novel repressor of virulence gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. de Kievit, T., Seed, P.C., Nezezon, J., Passador, L., Iglewski, B.H. J. Bacteriol. (1999)
- Advancing the quorum in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: MvaT and the regulation of N-acylhomoserine lactone production and virulence gene expression. Diggle, S.P., Winzer, K., Lazdunski, A., Williams, P., Cámara, M. J. Bacteriol. (2002)
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasB mutant constructed by insertional mutagenesis reveals elastolytic activity due to alkaline proteinase and the LasA fragment. Wolz, C., Hellstern, E., Haug, M., Galloway, D.R., Vasil, M.L., Döring, G. Mol. Microbiol. (1991)
- Identification of residues in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase propeptide required for chaperone and secretion activities. McIver, K.S., Kessler, E., Ohman, D.E. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (2004)