Active efflux and diffusion are involved in transport of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cell-to-cell signals

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1203-1210

  Pearson, James P ^a,b   Van Delden, Christian ^a,c   Iglewski, Barbara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PROTEIN DESIGN LABS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032989877     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1203-1210.1999     Document Type: Article

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