Pseudomonas aeruginosa cell-to-cell signaling is required for virulence in a model of acute pulmonary infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 4331-4334

  Pearson, James P ^a,c   Feldman, Matthew ^b   Iglewski, Barbara H ^a   Prince, Alice ^b  

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

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c PROTEIN DESIGN LABS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033919437     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.7.4331-4334.2000     Document Type: Article

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