Lipopolysaccharide as shield and receptor for R-pyocin-mediated killing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1921-1928

  Köhler, Thilo ^a,b   Donner, Viviane ^a   Van Delden, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PYOCIN; R PYOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SURFACE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOSIS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PYOCINS; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77949741786     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01459-09     Document Type: Article

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