Regulation of toxA by PtxR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA103

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 450-464

  Carty, Nancy L ^a   Rumbaugh, Kendra P ^b   Hamood, A N ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

PA103; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; ptxR; Regulation; toxA

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; IRON; RNA; STRAIN;

PLASMIDS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; EXOTOXIN; EXOTOXIN A; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULTURE MEDIA; EXOTOXINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIDEROPHORES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

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

EID: 0242637164     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-058     Document Type: Article

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