Quorum-sensing-negative (lasR) mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa avoid cell lysis and death

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 4875-4883

  Heurlier, Karin ^a,b   Dénervaud, Valérie ^a   Haenni, Marisa ^a   Guy, Lionel ^a   Krishnapillai, Viji ^a,c   Haas, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; HOMOSERINE; LACTOSE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; NUCLEOSIDASE; PROTEIN RHLR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LASR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; LASR GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

ADENOSINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 21844434177     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.4875-4883.2005     Document Type: Article

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