Effect of rpoS mutation on the stress response and expression of virulence factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3890-3897

  Suh, Sang Jin ^a,b,f   Silo Suh, Laura ^b   Woods, Donald E ^c   Hassett, Daniel J ^d   West, Susan E H ^e   Ohman, Dennis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CASEIN; ELASTASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEINASE; PYOCYANINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE MUTATION; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; STRESS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032984848     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.13.3890-3897.1999     Document Type: Article

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