The Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolone signal molecule overcomes the cell density-dependency of the quorum sensing hierarchy, regulates rhl-dependent genes at the onset of stationary phase and can be produced in the absence of LasR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-43

  Diggle, Stephen P ^a   Winzer, Klaus ^a   Chhabra, Siri Ram ^a   Worrall, Kathryn E ^a   Cámara, Miguel ^a   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTYL 3 HYDROXY 4(1H) QUINOLONE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELASTASE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LECTIN; N BUTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REMOTE SENSING; SUPERNATANT; WILD TYPE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LECTINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONES; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

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

EID: 0141595872     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03672.x     Document Type: Article

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