Quorum-sensing regulation of the biofilm matrix genes (pel) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 5383-5386

  Sakuragi, Yumiko ^a,b   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; N (3 OXODODECANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LASI GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PEL GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; RHII GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34447522096     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00137-07     Document Type: Article

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