An intragenic deletion in pilQ leads to nonpiliation of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain isolated from cystic fibrosis lung

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-206

  Chang, Yu Sing Tammy ^a   Klockgether, Jens ^a   Tümmler, Burkhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; PilQ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PILQ GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34247134011     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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