Contribution of the RsaL global regulator to Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence and biofilm formation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-217

  Rampioni, Giordano ^a   Schuster, Martin ^b   Greenberg, Everett Peter ^c   Zennaro, Elisabetta ^a   Leoni, Livia ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing; RsaL; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; HEMOLYSIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PYOCYANINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RSAL GENE; WILD TYPE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 73349086883     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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