Regulation of the xcp secretion pathway by multiple quorum-sensing modulons in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1169-1178

  Chapon Hervé, Virginie ^a   Akrim, Mohammed ^a   Latifi, Amel ^a   Williams, Paul ^b   Lazdunski, Andrée ^a   Bally, Marc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIMEBUTINE MALEATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

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

EID: 0030789050     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4271794.x     Document Type: Article

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