Linker insertion scanning of regA, an activator of exotoxin A production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-254

  Raivio, Tracy L ^a,c   Hoffer, Danita ^a   Prince, Robert W ^b   Vasil, Michael L ^b   Storey, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

EID: 0029824892     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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