Negative control of quorum sensing by RpoN (σ54) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2227-2235

  Heurlier, Karin ^a   Dénervaud, Valerie ^a   Pessi, Gabriella ^a   Reimmann, Cornelia ^a   Haas, Dieter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE INHIBITOR; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; LACTONE; LIPID; NUCLEOTIDE; PLASMID DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0037379278     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.7.2227-2235.2003     Document Type: Article

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