Contribution of proteases and LasR to the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during corneal infections

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3086-3090

  Preston, Michael J ^a,e   Seed, Patrick C ^b   Toder, Debbie S ^c   Iglewski, Barbara H ^b   Ohman, Dennis E ^d   Gustin, Jean K ^d   Goldberg, Joanna B ^a   Pier, Gerald B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e Charming Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KERATITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030794058     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.8.3086-3090.1997     Document Type: Article

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