Roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa las and rhl quorum-sensing systems in control of twitching motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1623-1629

  Glessner, Alex ^a   Smith, Roger S ^b   Iglewski, Barbara H ^b   Robinson, Jayne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033027260     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1623-1629.1999     Document Type: Article

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