A hierarchical quorum-sensing cascade in Pseudomonas aeruginosa links the transcriptional activators LasR and RhIR (VsmR) to expression of the stationary-phase sigma factor RpoS

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1137-1146

  Latifi, A ^a   Foglino, M ^a   Tanaka, K ^b   Williams, P ^c   Lazdunski, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURVIVAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029831296     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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