The contribution of MvfR to Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis and quorum sensing circuitry regulation: Multiple quorum sensing-regulated genes are modulated without affecting IasRI, rhIRI or the production of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 998-1014

  Déziel, Eric ^a,b   Gopalan, Suresh ^a   Tampakaki, Anastasia P ^a   Lépine, François ^b   Padfield, Katie E ^a   Saucier, Maude ^a   Xiao, Gaoping ^a   Rahme, Laurence G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN MVFR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE FUSION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; LASRI GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; RHIRI GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 14544284036     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04448.x     Document Type: Article

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