The global activator GacA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO positively controls the production of the autoinducer N-butyryl-homoserine lactone and the formation of the virulence factors pyocyanin, cyanide, and lipase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 309-319

  Reimmann, Cornelia ^a   Beyeler, Markus ^a   Latifi, Amel ^b   Winteler, Harald ^a   Foglino, Maryline ^b   Lazdunski, Andrée ^b   Haas, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; PYOCYANINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DENSITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030919474     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3291701.x     Document Type: Article

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