Analysis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase (lasB) regulatory region

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1134-1140

  Rust, Lynn ^a,c   Pesci, Everett C ^c   Iglewski, Barbara H ^b,c  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATOR GENE;

EID: 0030068110     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.4.1134-1140.1996     Document Type: Article

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