Vfr controls quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3928-3935

  Albus, Anne M ^a,d   Pesci, Everett C ^a   Runyen Janecky, Laura J ^b,e   West, Susan E H ^b   Iglewski, Barbara H ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

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

EID: 0030923758     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.3928-3935.1997     Document Type: Article

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