Induction of entry into the stationary growth phase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by N-acylhomoserine lactone

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-106

  You, Zhiying ^a,b   Fukushima, Jun ^a   Tanaka, Kan ^c   Kawamoto, Susumu ^a   Okuda, Kenji ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

8; Autoinduction; N acylhomoserine lactone (AHSL); Pseudomonas aeruginosa; RpoS gene

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HOMOSERINE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGMA FACTOR; TIME FACTORS;

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

EID: 0032125259     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00203-1     Document Type: Article

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