LasR, a transcriptional activator of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence genes, functions as a multimer

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4912-4919

  Kiratisin, Pattarachai ^a   Tucker, Kenneth D ^a   Passador, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LEXA PROTEIN; N 3 OXODODECANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; POLYMER; PROTEIN LAS1; PROTEIN LASB; PROTEIN LASR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0036719904     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.17.4912-4919.2002     Document Type: Article

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