Regulation of las and rhl quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3127-3132

  Pesci, Everett C ^a   Pearson, James P ^a   Seed, Patrick C ^a   Iglewski, Barbara H ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DENSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030985995     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.10.3127-3132.1997     Document Type: Article

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