Quorum-Sensing Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms: Their Role and Expression Patterns

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1865-1873

  De Kievit, Teresa R ^a   Gillis, Richard ^a   Marx, Steve ^a   Brown, Chris ^a   Iglewski, Barbara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LASI PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; LIGASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOTOPROTEIN; RHLI PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035318081     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1865-1873.2001     Document Type: Article

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