Role of Vfr in regulating exotoxin A production by pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2265-2273

  Davinic, Marko ^a,c   Carty, Nancy L ^a   Colmer Hamood, Jane A ^b   San Francisco, Michael ^a   Hamood, Abdul N ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; EXOTOXIN; EXOTOXIN A; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PVDS; PROTEIN REGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; IRON; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 69949141646     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.028373-0     Document Type: Article

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