Genomics of the 35-kb pvd locus and analysis of novel pvdIJK genes implicated in pyoverdine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-146

  Lehoux, Dario E ^a   Sanschagrin, François ^a   Levesque, Roger C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genomics; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pvd operon; PvdI gene

Indexed keywords

2,2' BIPYRIDINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FERRIC ION; PYOVERDINE; PYOVERDINE SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE LOCUS; IRON CHELATION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OPERON; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034283735     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00314-1     Document Type: Article

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