Identification of a novel regulator of the quorum-sensing systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-204

  Liang, Haihua ^a   Li, Lingling ^a   Kong, Weina ^a   Shen, Lixin ^a   Duan, Kangmin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Phenazine; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing; Transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; PHENAZINES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 62549150296     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01544.x     Document Type: Article

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