Mutation analysis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa mvfR and pqsABCDE gene promoters demonstrates complex quorum-sensing circuitry

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1679-1686

  Xiao, Gaoping ^a   He, Jianxin ^a   Rahme, Laurence G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MULTIPLE VIRULENCE FACTOR REGULATOR PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PSEUDOMONAS QUINOLONE SIGNAL PROTEIN; PSEUDOMONAS QUINOLONE SIGNAL PROTEIN A; PSEUDOMONAS QUINOLONE SIGNAL PROTEIN B; PSEUDOMONAS QUINOLONE SIGNAL PROTEIN C; PSEUDOMONAS QUINOLONE SIGNAL PROTEIN D; PSEUDOMONAS QUINOLONE SIGNAL PROTEIN E; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33745269562     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28605-0     Document Type: Article

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