VqsM, a novel AraC-type global regulator of quorum-sensing signalling and virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 552-564

  Dong, Yi Hu ^a   Zhang, Xi Fen ^a   Xu, Jin Ling ^a   Tan, Ai Tee ^a   Zhang, Lian Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N 3 OXO DODECANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 26944453621     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04851.x     Document Type: Article

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