Interspecies signalling via the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia diffusible signal factor influences biofilm formation and polymyxin tolerance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-86

  Ryan, Robert P ^a   Fouhy, Yvonne ^a   Garcia, Belen Fernandez ^a   Watt, Steven A ^b   Niehaus, Karsten ^b   Yang, Liang ^c   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^c   Dow, J Maxwell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; POLYMYXIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STRESS; UBIQUITINATION; XANTHOMONAS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMYXINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 40549083707     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06132.x     Document Type: Article

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