PqsE functions independently of PqsR-Pseudomonas quinolone signal and enhances the rhl quorum-sensing system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7043-7051

  Farrow III, John M ^a   Sund, Zoe M ^a   Ellison, Matthew L ^a   Wade, Dana S ^a   Coleman, James P ^a   Pesci, Everett C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTYL 3 HYDROXY 4 QUINOLONE; BUTYRYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN MVFR; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SERINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PQS GENE; PQSE GENE; PQSR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; RHLR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; MUTATION; OPERON; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 55749096264     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00753-08     Document Type: Article

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