A Second Quorum-Sensing System Regulates Cell Surface Properties but Not Phenazine Antibiotic Production in Pseudomonas aureofaciens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4305-4315

  Zhang, Zhongge ^a   Pierson III, Leland S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CSAI PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS; CSAR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EXOPEPTIDASE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WHEAT;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EXOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENAZINES; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRITICUM;

EID: 0035458583     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.4305-4315.2001     Document Type: Article

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