Mutational analysis of Burkholderia thailandensis quorum sensing and self-aggregation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5901-5909

  Chandler, Josephine R ^a   Duerkop, Breck A ^a,c   Hinz, Aaron ^a   West, T Eoin ^a   Herman, Jake P ^b   Churchill, Mair E A ^b   Skerrett, Shawn J ^a   Greenberg, E Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CARBON SOURCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; MUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 70349145471     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00591-09     Document Type: Article

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