Quorum sensing is not required for twitching motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 3598-3604

  Beatson, Scott A ^a   Whitchurch, Cynthia B ^a   Semmler, Annalese B T ^a   Mattick, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; LIGASES; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0036282814     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.13.3598-3604.2002     Document Type: Article

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