Identification of the algZ gene upstream of the response regulator algR and its participation in control of alginate production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 187-193

  Yu, H ^a   Mudd, M ^a   Boucher, J C ^a   Schurr, M J ^a   Deretic, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

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

EID: 0031027284     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.1.187-193.1997     Document Type: Article

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