The QscR quorum-sensing regulon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: An orphan claims its identity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3161-3171

  Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 OXODODECANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; ACYLATED HOMOSERINE LACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LACTONE; RHAMNOLIPID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LASR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QSCR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RHLR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANISOTROPY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; LASI GENE; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OPERON; PAO1 GENE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; REPRESSOR GENE; RHII GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33646242979     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.9.3169-3171.2006     Document Type: Note

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