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Infection and Immunity, May 2006, p. 3012-3015, Vol. 74, No. 5
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.74.5.3012-3015.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Posttranscriptional Regulator RsmA Plays a Role in the Interaction between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Human Airway Epithelial Cells by Positively Regulating the Type III Secretion System

Heidi Mulcahy,{dagger} Julie O'Callaghan,{dagger} Eoin P. O'Grady,{dagger} Claire Adams, and Fergal O'Gara*

BIOMERIT Research Centre, Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Received 2 January 2006/ Accepted 9 February 2006

Posttranscriptional regulation of certain virulence-related genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is brought about by RsmA, a small RNA-binding protein. During interaction with airway epithelial cells, RsmA promoted actin depolymerization, cytotoxicity, and anti-internalization of P. aeruginosa by positively regulating the virulence-associated type III secretion system.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: BIOMERIT Research Centre, Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Phone: 353-21-4901315. Fax: 353-21-4275934. E-mail: f.ogara{at}ucc.ie.

Editor: V. J. DiRita

{dagger} H.M., J.O., and E.P.O. contributed equally to this study.


Infection and Immunity, May 2006, p. 3012-3015, Vol. 74, No. 5
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.74.5.3012-3015.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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