Is Pseudomonas aeruginosa only "sensing quorum"?

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-182

  Soberón Chávez, Gloria ^a,c   Aguirre Ramírez, Marisela ^a   Ordóñez, Leandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LASR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RHIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 23744485600     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410591005138     Document Type: Review

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