Osmoprotectant-dependent expression of plcH, encoding the hemolytic phospholipase C, is subject to novel catabolite repression control in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4874-4881

  Sage, Andrew E ^a,b   Vasil, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MILLIPORE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETAINE; CHOLINE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; MANNITOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 0030877380     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.15.4874-4881.1997     Document Type: Article

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