Norepinephrine represses the expression of toxA and the siderophore genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-109

  Li, Wang ^a   Lyte, Mark ^a   Freestone, Primrose P ^b   Ajmal, Aziba ^a   Colmer Hamood, Jane A ^a   Hamood, Abdul N ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Siderophores; Stress related catecholamines

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PCHR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PVDS GENE; REGA GENE; TOXA GENE;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DOWN-REGULATION; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; NOREPINEPHRINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SIDEROPHORES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 70049107370     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01739.x     Document Type: Article

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