Regulation of expression of the nonhemolytic phospholipase C of Burkholderia cepacia

Current Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 336-341

  Weingart, Christine L ^a   Morris Hooke, Anne ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHOLINE; IRON; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HORSE; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHOLINE; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; LIPASE; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0345034820     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900468     Document Type: Article

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