Functions required for extracellular quinolone signaling by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6472-6480

  Gallagher, Larry A ^a   McKnight, Susan L ^a   Kuznetsova, Marina S ^a   Pesci, Everett C ^a   Manoil, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENAZINE; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

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

EID: 0036889038     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.23.6472-6480.2002     Document Type: Article

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