Dihydroaeruginoic acid synthetase and pyochelin synthetase, products of the pchEF genes, are induced by extracellular pyochelin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3135-3148

  Reimmann, Cornelia ^a   Serino, Laura ^a,b   Beyeler, Markus ^a,c   Haas, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Emmenegger AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autoinduction; Non ribosomal peptide synthesis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pyochelin; Siderophore

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTEINE; DIHYDROAERUGINOIC ACID SYNTHETASE; PYOCHELIN SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYCLIZATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

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

EID: 0031736408     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-11-3135     Document Type: Article

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