Expression of the quorum-sensing regulatory protein LasR is strongly affected by iron and oxygen concentrations in cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa irrespective of cell density

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1127-1138

  Kim, Eun Jin ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Deckwer, Wolf Dieter ^b   Zeng, An Ping ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; AZURIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING PROTEIN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELASTASE; FLAGELLIN; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; PROTEIN LASR; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRON DEPLETION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPORTER GENE; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PROTEOME; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 17644395614     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27566-0     Document Type: Article

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