Exotoxin A production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires the iron-regulated pvdS gene encoding an alternative sigma factor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1019-1028

  Ochsner, Urs A ^a   Johnson, Zaiga ^a   Lamont, Iain L ^b   Cunliffe, Heather E ^b   Vasil, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN A; IRON; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029798572     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.481425.x     Document Type: Article

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