A network of networks: Quorum-sensing gene regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 73-81

  Schuster, Martin ^a   Greenberg, E Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Global regulation; Network; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEOME; QACR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANR GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; GACAS GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QSCR GENE; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RSAL GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VFR GENE;

EID: 33644853806     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.01.036     Document Type: Review

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