Quorum-sensing and siderophore biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: LasR/lasI mutants exhibit reduced pyoverdine biosynthesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-345

  Stintzi, Alain ^a,b   Evans, Kelly ^a   Meyer, Jean Marie ^b   Poole, Keith ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

LasR; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pyoverdine; Quorum sensing; Siderophore

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LASI PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; LASR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PIGMENT; PYOVERDINE; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MUTATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIDEROPHORES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032529957     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13910.x     Document Type: Article

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