A transcriptional activator, FleQ, regulates mucin adhesion and flagellar gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a cascade manner

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5574-5581

  Arora, Shiwani K ^a   Ritchings, Bruce W ^a   Almira, Ernesto C ^b   Lory, Stephen ^c   Ramphal, Reuben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030924138     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5574-5581.1997     Document Type: Article

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