Functional analysis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa autoinducer PAI

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5995-6000

  Passador, Luciano ^a   Tucker, Kenneth D ^a,c   Guertin, Kevin R ^b,d   Journet, Michel P ^b,e   Kende, Andrew S ^b   Iglewski, Barbara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c MicroCarh Inc   (United States)

^d SANOFI   (France)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0029792860     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.5995-6000.1996     Document Type: Article

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